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 Finley (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 Finley. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Finley is located in Juneau County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Juneau County: Adams, Columbia, Jackson, Monroe, Sauk, Vernon & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Finley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Finley:
- Juneau County (The home county of Finley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- Sprague
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - New Miner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Mather
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Necedah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Camp Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Hustler
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- New Lisbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Mauston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Lemonweir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Strongs Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Arkdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Big Flats
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Leola
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Adams
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- Chili
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Granton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lynxville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- City Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Lapham Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapham Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Pray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Millston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- Shennington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Valley Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Wyeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Warrens
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Tomah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Clifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Tunnel City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Waushara County
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- Nekoosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Pittsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Port Edwards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Eight Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Vesper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Grand Rapids
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Rapids. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Lake Wazeecha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wazeecha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Arpin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Biron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Lindsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Rudolph
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Sherry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Finley, see our County-by-County Page for Finley.
Cemeteries Near Finley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Finley.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Finley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- Meadow Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadow Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Searles Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Searles Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Searles Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Novotny Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Novotny Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Novotny Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Babcock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babcock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Babcock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266484 <3>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Monroe Center Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monroe Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monroe Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Strongs Prairie Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Strongs Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Strongs Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (115 more) ...
- Bayview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Necedah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342321 <3>
- Green Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- City Point Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Point Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bayview 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.<4>
While we didn't find Finley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Finley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Finley, with the one closest to Finley listed first.
- Sprague
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Meadow Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
- Babcock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Mather
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Norway Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Ridge
- Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Monroe Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Monroe Center is located in Adams County
- Cloverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
- Strongs Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - City Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Veedum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Walker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pittsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Port Edwards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Spaulding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Finley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Finley.
Newspapers Published in Finley ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Finley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Finley, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Finley.
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 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 Finley:
- 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 Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark 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
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waushara 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
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Juneau County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Juneau County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Finley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Juneau County: www.juneaucounty.com/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Finley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Finley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Finley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2133, Longitude: -90.1362 In this case, the coordinates for Finley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |