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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 Hamburg (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 Hamburg. 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 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.

Hamburg is located in Marathon 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.

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

  • Marathon County     (The home county of Hamburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamburg, with the one closest to Hamburg listed first.
    • Emmerich
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Naugart
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Taegesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Rib Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Poniatowski
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Athens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Marathon City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Marathon City is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
    • Brokaw
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Brokaw is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
      • Estimated population in 2018: 245 people
    • Edgar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Corinth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wien
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rib Mountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rib Mountain is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Mountain
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamburg, with the one closest to Hamburg listed first.
    • Dorchester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Dorchester is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
    • Abbotsford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Colby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Colby is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
    • Curtiss
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamburg, with the one closest to Hamburg listed first.
    • Merrill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrill is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
    • Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Irma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gleason
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dudley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tomahawk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jersey City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamburg, with the one closest to Hamburg listed first.
    • Interwald
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stetsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Rib Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Medford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Chelsea
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Westboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hamburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamburg.

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

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

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

  • Hamburg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Fromm Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Lueck Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dreieinigkeit Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Emanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Big Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tessmer Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rib View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (90 more) ...
    • Snow Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Baesemann Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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.<1>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hamburg had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Emmerich
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Naugart
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Poniatowski
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rib Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Stettin ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stettin is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stettin
  • Taegesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Athens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Merrill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Merrill is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
  • Corinth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wuertsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wuertsburg is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuertsburg
  • Interwald
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wausau
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Milan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wausau Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wausau Junction is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau Junction
    • Schofield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Schofield is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people

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

Newspapers Published in Hamburg ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamburg, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hamburg.

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 helpful 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 Hamburg:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hamburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Hamburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.