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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 Wecoma Beach (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 Wecoma Beach. 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 Wecoma Beach ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Wecoma Beach: Wecoma Bch.

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Wecoma Beach is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Benton, Lane, Polk & Tillamook.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Wecoma Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wecoma Beach, with the one closest to Wecoma Beach listed first.
    • Neotsu
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lincoln City
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Otis
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cutler City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Cutler City is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler City
    • Rose Lodge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Kernville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Kernville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernville
    • Gleneden Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Depoe Bay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Otter Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Siletz
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Logsden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Newport Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Newport Heights is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Heights
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wecoma Beach, with the one closest to Wecoma Beach listed first.
    • Valsetz ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Valsetz is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valsetz
    • Grand Ronde
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Buell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Buell is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
    • Falls City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Tillamook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wecoma Beach, with the one closest to Wecoma Beach listed first.
    • Neskowin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oretown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Oretown is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oretown
    • Bellwood ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bellwood is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
    • Dolph ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dolph is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
    • Pacific City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cloverdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hebo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blaine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Blaine is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Netarts
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Yamhill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wecoma Beach, with the one closest to Wecoma Beach listed first.
    • Willamina
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sheridan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Wecoma Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wecoma Beach.

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 Wecoma Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Morris Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pacific View Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Taft Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Josephine Young Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Oretown Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Gist Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Woods IOOF Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • IOOF Hebo Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Nestucca Valley Community Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Paul Washington Indian Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Indian Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Holmes Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<4>

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

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

  • Neskowin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Meda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Meda is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meda
  • Oretown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Oretown is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oretown
  • Dolph ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dolph is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
  • Woods
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Woods is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
  • Hebo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Grand Ronde
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Beaver
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Yaquina
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Yaquina is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaquina
    • Yaquina has also been known as:
    • Yaquina City
  • Willamina
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Falls City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Wecoma Beach ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wecoma Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wecoma Beach, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wecoma Beach.

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 helpful 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 Wecoma Beach:

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Wecoma Beach) 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 Wecoma Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.