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 Christie (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 Christie. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Christie is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Chippewa, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Taylor & Wood.

Below are the counties that are near Christie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Christie:

Clark County (The home county of Christie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.
- Globe
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  - Globe is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Neillsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  - Neillsville is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Loyal
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Loyal is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Granton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  - Granton is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Greenwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  - Greenwood is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Willard
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Willard is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Spokeville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Spokeville is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Chili
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  - Chili is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Veefkind
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  - Veefkind is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veefkind
- Riplinger
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  - Riplinger is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riplinger
- Humbird
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  - Humbird is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Atwood
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  - Atwood is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.
- Stanley
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Stanley is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Boyd
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Boyd is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
Crawford County
- Lynxville
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  - Lynxville is located in Crawford County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.
- Fairchild
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  - Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Hay Creek
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  - Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Augusta
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  - Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.
- Hatfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  - Hatfield is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Merrillan
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Merrillan is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Pray
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  - Pray is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Alma Center
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  - Alma Center is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Lapham Junction
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  - Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- City Point
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  - City Point is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- Levis
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  - Levis is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
- Black River Falls
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Hixton
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Hixton is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Requa
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  - Requa is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Sechlerville
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  - Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- York
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  - York is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.
- Spencer
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  - Spencer is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Unity
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  - Unity is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- McMillan
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  - McMillan is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Stratford
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Stratford is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Rozellville
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  - Rozellville is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Milan
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Milan is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
Taylor County
- Lublin
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  - Lublin is located in Taylor County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Trempealeau County
- Osseo
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  - Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.
- Lindsey
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Lindsey is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Bakerville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  - Bakerville is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Marshfield
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  - Marshfield is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Hewitt
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  - Hewitt is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Pittsville
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  - Pittsville is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Arpin
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  - Arpin is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpin
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Auburndale
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  - Auburndale is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Christie, see our County-by-County Page for Christie.

Cemeteries Near Christie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Christie.

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 Christie - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Christie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.

East Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Cemetery
Weston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
North Pine Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine Valley Cemetery
York Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center Cemetery
- The York Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- York Center UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89580 <1>
St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
Neillsville City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #166077 <1>
Windfall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Windfall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Granton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89539 <1>
Loyal City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal City Cemetery
Seif Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seif Cemetery
Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173853 <1>
St. Anthony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Cemetery
Continue List (117 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89532 <1>
- Holy Family Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery

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 Christie had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Christie, with the one closest to Christie listed first.

Globe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
Neillsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
Granton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
Loyal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loyal is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
Spokeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
Shortville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shortville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortville
Veefkind
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Veefkind is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veefkind
Nevins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nevins is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
Lindsey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
Longwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Longwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
Continue List (18 more) ...
- Humbird
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  - Humbird is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Spencer
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  - Spencer is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Merrillan
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Merrillan is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Christie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Christie.

Newspapers Published in Christie ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Christie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Christie, 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 Christie.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Christie:

Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/

Pages specific to Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails

Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Taylor County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trempealeau County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails

Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Clark County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Clark County

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 Christie, 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- Christie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.