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Our Genealogy HelperIntroduction ...We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
By learning about Toketee Falls (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 Toketee Falls. 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. Toketee Falls is located in Douglas County. To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Coos, Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath & Lane. Below are the counties that are near Toketee Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Toketee Falls:
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Toketee Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Toketee Falls. Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Toketee Falls:
Cemeteries Near Toketee Falls ...We're sorry, but we don't know of any cemeteries in the area around Toketee Falls. This is a new section of our Gazetteer and we're still collecting data about cemeteries and their location. If you know of a cemetery that should be included, please let us know. We are looking for information such as the name of the cemetery, its GPS location, whether the cemetery is still in use or if it is historic (ie- defunct, abandoned, etc.). If it applies, we would also like to learn of any past or alternate names that the cemetery has been known by. If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our collection of Genealogy Websites. 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 Toketee Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Toketee Falls.
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Toketee Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toketee Falls. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Toketee Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.or.us/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
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This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024