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 Lake Wazeecha (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 Lake Wazeecha. 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 Lake Wazeecha ...

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 Lake Wazeecha: Lk. Wazeecha

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.

Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon & Portage.

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

Wood County (The home county of Lake Wazeecha)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Wazeecha, with the one closest to Lake Wazeecha listed first.
- Grand Rapids
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  - Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Biron
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  - Biron is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  - Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Port Edwards
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  - Port Edwards is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Rudolph
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  - Rudolph is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
- Nekoosa
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  - Nekoosa is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Eight Corners
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Eight Corners is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Vesper
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Vesper is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Milladore
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  - Milladore is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Sherry
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Sherry is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Arpin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Arpin is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpin
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Blenker
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  - Blenker is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Wazeecha, with the one closest to Lake Wazeecha listed first.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  - New Rome is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Leola
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  - Leola is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Big Flats
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  - Big Flats is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Strongs Prairie
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  - Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Arkdale
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  - Arkdale is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Friendship
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  - Friendship is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  - Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Adams
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  - Adams is located in Adams County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
Jackson County
- City Point
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  - City Point is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Wazeecha, with the one closest to Lake Wazeecha listed first.
- New Miner
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  - New Miner is located in Juneau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- Sprague
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  - Sprague is located in Juneau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Necedah
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  - Necedah is located in Juneau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Wazeecha, with the one closest to Lake Wazeecha listed first.
- Ashley
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  - Ashley is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Moon
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  - Moon is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Rangeline
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  - Rangeline is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Mosinee
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  - Mosinee is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Rozellville
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Rozellville is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Wazeecha, with the one closest to Lake Wazeecha listed first.
- Plover
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Plover is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Whiting
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Whiting is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Park Ridge
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Park Ridge is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Stevens Point
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Stevens Point is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Junction City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  - Junction City is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Arnott
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  - Arnott is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Custer
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  - Custer is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Almond
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  - Almond is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Ellis
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  - Ellis is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Torun
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  - Torun is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  - Lake Emily is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Polonia
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  - Polonia is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Wazeecha, with the one closest to Lake Wazeecha listed first.
- Cobb Town
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  - Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sheridan
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  - Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Rural
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  - Rural is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- King
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  - King is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Scandinavia
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  - Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Wazeecha, with the one closest to Lake Wazeecha listed first.
- Plainfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Plainfield is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Hancock
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Hancock is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Coloma
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Coloma is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Wild Rose
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Wautoma
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  - Wautoma is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Wazeecha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Wazeecha.

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 Lake Wazeecha - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
Restlawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restlawn Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342647 <1>
Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
Village of Port Edwards Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Port Edwards Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
St. Philomena Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Philomena Cemetery
Linwood Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Union Cemetery
Holy Rosary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Rosary Cemetery
St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John Lutheran Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Wisconsin Rapids.
- The St. John Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sigel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158531 <1>
Continue List (137 more) ...
- Green Hill Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Cemetery
- Spring Branch Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch Cemetery
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Lutheran 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.<3>

While we didn't find Lake Wazeecha in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Wazeecha.

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

Port Edwards
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
Meehan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meehan is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meehan
Rudolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
New Rome ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
Walker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Walker is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
Bancroft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
Vesper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
Keene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Keene is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
Stevens Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
Junction City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
Milladore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
Plainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sherry
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Sherry is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Arnott
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  - Arnott is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Stockton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Stockton is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Wazeecha ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Wazeecha.

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

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 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 Lake Wazeecha:

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 Wood 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
- Jackson County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau 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
- Portage County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca 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

Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Wood County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Wood 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>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Wazeecha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>	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 Lake Wazeecha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.