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 Adams 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 Adams 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 Adams 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Adams Beach: Adams Bch.
- While the name of this community is Adams Beach, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Adams Beach may originally have been Adam's Beach.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Adams Beach might be written as Adam Beach.
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 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.
Adams Beach is located in Shawano County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.
Below are the counties that are near Adams Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adams Beach:
- Shawano County (The home county of Adams Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Belle Plaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Lunds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Shawano
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Pella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Leopolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Bonduel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Slab City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Gresham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Cecil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Briarton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Frazer Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Zachow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Pittsfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Flintville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Oneida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Hobart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Duck Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Howard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Langlade County
- Phlox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Elderon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Galloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Keshena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Legend Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Neopit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Neopit is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
- Zoar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Krakow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Gillett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Chase
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Suring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Frostville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Oconto Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Breed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Breed is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
- Hickory Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Spruce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Leeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Bear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Nichols
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Shiocton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Black Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Seymour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Hortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Chicago Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Freedom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Medina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Apple Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Portage County
- Alban
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Embarrass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Big Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Manawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- New London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Ogdensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Baldwins Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Iola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adams Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Adams Beach.
Cemeteries Near Adams Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adams 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 Adams Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adams Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bomke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomke Cemetery
- The Bomke Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belle Plaine Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- The Friendship Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lange Cemetery
- St. Peter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hilda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Cemetery
- The Jerusalem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shawano City Cemetery
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Adams Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Adams Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adams Beach, with the one closest to Adams Beach listed first.
- Embarrass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Belle Plaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Shawano
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Pella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Buckbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
- Leeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Leopolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Bear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Bonduel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Caroline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Caroline is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nicholson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Gresham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Marble ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adams Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adams Beach.
Newspapers Published in Adams 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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adams Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adams 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 Adams 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 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 Adams Beach:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Shawano County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Langlade County
- Marathon County
- Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Waupaca County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Adams 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 Adams Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |