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 British Hollow (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 British Hollow. 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 British Hollow ...
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 British Hollow: British Holw. (or less commonly used: British Hlw. or British Hllw.)
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.
British Hollow is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near British Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to British Hollow:
- Grant County (The home county of British Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Tennyson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Dickeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Platteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Beetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Cuba City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Stitzer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Cassville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Boydtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Wauzeka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Rewey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Linden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Edmund
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Mineral Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Elk Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Shullsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Calamine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Darlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Guttenberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Osterdock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Elkport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Garber is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Garnavillo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Colesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Rockville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Sherrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sageville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Waupeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Durango
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rickardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Asbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Dubuque
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rockdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Cattese
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Centralia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smiths
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Garry Owen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- East Dubuque
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Menominee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Scales Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to British Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for British Hollow.
Cemeteries Near British Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of British Hollow.
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 British Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for British Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- British Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Van Buren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hampton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boice Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Boice Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kaump Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Morrell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Piddington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whig Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aupperle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that British Hollow had a population of 111 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from British Hollow, with the one closest to British Hollow listed first.
- Potosi
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rockville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellenboro is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
- Hurricane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Burton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Dickeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- McCartney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McCartney is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney
- Sherrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cameron is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Kieler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kieler is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieler
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Waupeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Sageville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around British Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around British Hollow.
Newspapers Published in British Hollow ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around British Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of British Hollow, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for British Hollow.
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 professional and volunteer 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 British Hollow:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Jo Daviess County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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> | 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 British Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- British Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |