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 Bayside (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 Bayside. 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.
Bayside is primarily located in Milwaukee County. A portion of Bayside extends into Ozaukee 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 Milwaukee County: Ozaukee, Racine, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Bayside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayside:
- Milwaukee County (The home county of Bayside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Fox Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fox Point is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,628 people
- River Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- River Hills is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
- Glendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,775 people
- Brown Deer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
- Whitefish Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitefish Bay is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefish Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,770 people
- Shorewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shorewood is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,117 people
- West Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Granville is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- Milwaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
- Wauwatosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauwatosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
- West Milwaukee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milwaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,090 people
- West Allis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
- Saint Francis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Francis is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,725 people
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
- Dodge County
- Rubicon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rubicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Kewaskum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
- New Fane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Fane is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fane
- Ozaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Mequon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
- Thiensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thiensville is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
- Freistadt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freistadt is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistadt
- Grafton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grafton is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,758 people
- Ulao
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ulao is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulao
- Cedarburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarburg is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,783 people
- Horns Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horns Corners is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Corners
- Port Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 people
- Saukville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saukville is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saukville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,437 people
- Fredonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fredonia is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,251 people
- Holy Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Waubeka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Waubeka is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waubeka
- Belgium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belgium is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,364 people
- Racine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Kneeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kneeland is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
- Caledonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Caledonia is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,235 people
- Raymond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Raymond is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Wind Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wind Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Lake
- Wind Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wind Point is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Franksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Franksville is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
- North Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Bay is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Caldwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Random Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Random Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 people
- Cedar Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Adell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adell is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Germantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Germantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
- Rockfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Richfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Richfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,256 people
- Rugby Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby Junction
- Myra
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Newburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
- Lake Five
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lake Five is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Five
- Cedar Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Slinger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- West Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Barton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cedar Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Butler is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,795 people
- Fussville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fussville is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fussville
- Menomonee Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
- Elm Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Grove is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,137 people
- Brookfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
- Lannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lannon is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
- Calhoun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Sussex
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sussex is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,086 people
- New Berlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
- Pewaukee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
- Pewaukee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,099 people
- Prospect
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Merton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Merton is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,812 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayside, see our County-by-County Page for Bayside.
Cemeteries Near Bayside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayside.
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 Bayside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Graceland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Tree Meadows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oaks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glen Oaks Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Milwaukee.
- The Glen Oaks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87884 <1>
- Mequon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Settlers Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Granville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Valhalla Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valhalla Memorial Park
- The Valhalla Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Valhalla Cemetery
- Valhalla Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89454 <1>
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johannes Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1638206 <1>
- Resthaven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Bayside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bayside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Brown Deer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
- Whitefish Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitefish Bay is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefish Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,770 people
- Thiensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thiensville is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
- Mequon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
- West Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Granville is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Granville is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Freistadt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freistadt is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistadt
- Fussville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fussville is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fussville
- Grafton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grafton is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,758 people
- Cedarburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarburg is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,783 people
- Ulao
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ulao is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulao
- Milwaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Menomonee Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
- Marcy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marcy is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Elm Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Grove is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,137 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayside.
Newspapers Published in Bayside ...
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 377 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayside, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bayside.
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 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 Bayside:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Milwaukee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Ozaukee County
- Racine County
- Sheboygan County
- Washington County
- Waukesha 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 Bayside, 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' (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- Bayside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |