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 Brookside (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 Brookside. 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.
Brookside is located in Oconto 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 Oconto County: Brown, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Brookside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookside:
- Oconto County (The home county of Brookside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Pensaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Stiles Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Oconto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Oconto Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Chase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Krakow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Spruce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Gillett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hickory Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Frostville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Suring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Breed
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Breed is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Suamico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Flintville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Benderville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Howard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Dyckesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Duck Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Wequiock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Bay Settlement
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Pittsfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Green Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Preble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Preble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Allouez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Namur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Brussels
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Rosiere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Little Sturgeon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Forestville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Idlewild
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Sturgeon Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Duvall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Euren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Luxemburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Casco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Gregorville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Ellisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Pilsen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Algoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Coleman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Peshtigo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Harmony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,136 people
- Marinette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Rubys Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rubys Corner is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubys Corner
- Crivitz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Crivitz is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crivitz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Menominee County
- Legend Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Chicago Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Nichols
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Pulcifer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Laney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Zachow
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Frazer Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Rose Lawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Bonduel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Cecil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Slab City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Briarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Lunds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Shawano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Menominee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Menominee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kew is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kew
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookside, see our County-by-County Page for Brookside.
Cemeteries Near Brookside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookside.
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 Brookside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Brookside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grosse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oconto Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chase Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chase Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Krakow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274901 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Volk Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lena Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- North Pittsfield Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cullen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brookside had a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
- Abrams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abrams is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abrams
- Pensaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Stiles Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Little Suamico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
- Oconto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Oconto Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Chase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Suamico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Flintville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Tremble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tremble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spruce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Dyckesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookside.
Newspapers Published in Brookside ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookside, 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 Brookside.
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 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 Brookside:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Oconto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Marinette County
- Menominee County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- Menominee 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> | 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- Brookside) 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 Brookside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |