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 Rees Corner (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 Rees Corner. 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 Rees Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Rees Corner: Rees Cor. (or less commonly used: Rees Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Rees Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rees Corner may originally have been Ree's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rees Corner might be written as Ree Corner.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Rees Corner is located in Snohomish County.
To see how the shape of Washington's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Snohomish County: Chelan, Island, King & Skagit.
Below are the counties that are near Rees Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rees Corner:
- Snohomish County (The home county of Rees Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rees Corner, with the one closest to Rees Corner listed first.
- Larimers Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Larimers Corner is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimers Corner
- Snohomish
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cathcart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
- Clearview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clearview is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Osborn Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Osborn Corner is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn Corner
- Seattle Hill - Silver Firs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maltby
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maltby is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltby
- North Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Creek is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Mill Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Canyon Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon Park is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Park
- Lake Stickney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Stickney
- Island County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rees Corner, with the one closest to Rees Corner listed first.
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Langley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bay View
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bay View is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Camp Diana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Diana is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
- Freeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Juniper Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Juniper Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
- Camano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rees Corner, with the one closest to Rees Corner listed first.
- Port Ludlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beaver Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Marrowstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nordland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- King County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rees Corner, with the one closest to Rees Corner listed first.
- Silver Firs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silver Firs is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
- Northwest Snohomish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northwest Snohomish is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Snohomish
- Day City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Day City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
- Woodinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cottage Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cottage Lake is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Lake
- Bothell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsgate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsgate is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Kenmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Forest Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Earlmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Earlmont is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlmont
- Juanita
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Juanita is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
- North City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
- Kitsap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rees Corner, with the one closest to Rees Corner listed first.
- Kingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Indianola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
- Suquamish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Gamble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rolling Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
- Manitou Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
- Yeomalt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
- Bainbridge Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge Island is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,358 people
- Bainbridge Island has also been known as:
- Winslow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainbridge Island <2>
- Lofall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lofall is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofall
- Keyport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Blakely ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Blakely is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blakely
- Skagit County
- Lake McMurray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lake McMurray is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McMurray
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rees Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Rees Corner.
Cemeteries Near Rees Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rees Corner.
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 Rees Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rees Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rees Corner, with the one closest to Rees Corner listed first.
- Gar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cypress Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Floral Hills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hills Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Floral Hills Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lynnwood.
- The Floral Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #210822 <3>
- Monroe Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Machias Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Everett.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76779 <3>
- Woodinville Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Abbey View Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holyrood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (46 more) ...
- Acacia Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Acacia Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the north of Lake City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76695 <3>
- Swedbergs Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
- The Machzikay Hadath Cemetery has also been known as:
- Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Rees Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rees Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rees Corner, with the one closest to Rees Corner listed first.
- Cathcart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
- Snohomish
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Day City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Day City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
- Grace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grace is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Machias
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Machias is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machias
- Woodinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Everett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bothell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mukilteo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartford is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- York is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- White
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- White is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rees Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rees Corner.
Newspapers Published in Rees Corner ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rees Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rees Corner, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rees Corner.
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 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 Rees Corner:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Snohomish County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Island County
- Jefferson County
- King County
- Kitsap County
- Skagit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rees Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Rees Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |