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 Arbor Vitae (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 Arbor Vitae. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Arbor Vitae is located in Vilas 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 Vilas County: Gogebic (MI), Iron (MI), Forest, Iron, Oneida & Price.
Below are the counties that are near Arbor Vitae. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arbor Vitae:
- Vilas County (The home county of Arbor Vitae)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbor Vitae, with the one closest to Arbor Vitae listed first.
- Sayner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sayner is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayner
- Saint Germain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Germain is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Germain
- Former names for Saint Germain:
- Farmington
- Lakewood
- Lac du Flambeau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
- Manitowish Waters
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
- Eagle River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Eagle River is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
- Katinka Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Katinka Village is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
- Conover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conover is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Land O'Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Land O'Lakes is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Phelps
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Phelps is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Iron County
- Manitowish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manitowish is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
- Lincoln County
- Jersey City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbor Vitae, with the one closest to Arbor Vitae listed first.
- Woodruff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Hazelhurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Harshaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Newbold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Sugar Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
- Rhinelander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Gagen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gagen is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
- Gogebic County (MI)
- Gogebic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gogebic is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogebic
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arbor Vitae, see our County-by-County Page for Arbor Vitae.
Cemeteries Near Arbor Vitae ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arbor Vitae.
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 Arbor Vitae - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arbor Vitae covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arbor Vitae, with the one closest to Arbor Vitae listed first.
- Forest Garden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Woodruff.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145393 <1>
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Woodruff.
- The St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patricks Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236117 <1>
- Lakeside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Germain Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plum Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wilderness Rest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pines Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newbold Memorial Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Presque Isle Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Woodboro Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prairie Rapids Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winchester Memorial Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Arbor Vitae in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arbor Vitae.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arbor Vitae, with the one closest to Arbor Vitae listed first.
- Woodruff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Minocqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Minocqua is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minocqua
- Hazelhurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- McNaughton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- McNaughton is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNaughton
- Goodnow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goodnow is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
- Harshaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Newbold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Eagle River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Eagle River is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
- Rhinelander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Manson ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Manson is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Heafford Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
- Mercer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Bradley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- McCord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCord is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Malvern is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arbor Vitae. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arbor Vitae.
Newspapers Published in Arbor Vitae ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arbor Vitae.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arbor Vitae, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arbor Vitae.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Arbor Vitae:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Vilas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Iron County
- Lincoln County
- Oneida County
- Gogebic County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Arbor Vitae, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arbor Vitae) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |