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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 Lunds (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 Lunds. 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.

Lunds is located in Shawano 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 Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.

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

  • Shawano County     (The home county of Lunds)
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lunds, with the one closest to Lunds listed first.
    • Pulaski
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pittsfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittsfield is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
    • Flintville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Oneida
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Oneida is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Hobart
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hobart is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
    • Howard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Howard is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
    • Duck Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Suamico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Suamico is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
    • Ashwaubenon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • De Pere
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Bay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sniderville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sniderville is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lunds, with the one closest to Lunds listed first.
    • Keshena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Legend Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
    • Neopit
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Neopit is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
    • Zoar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Oconto County
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lunds, with the one closest to Lunds listed first.
    • Leeman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Nichols
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Bear Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Black Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
    • Seymour
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Shiocton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Chicago Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hortonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Freedom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Apple Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Greenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Medina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lunds, with the one closest to Lunds listed first.
    • Embarrass
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Clintonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
    • Marion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Granite City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
    • New London
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Big Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Manawa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ostrander
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Baldwins Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ogdensburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people

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

Cemeteries Near Lunds ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lunds.

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

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

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

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>

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

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

  • Shawano
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonduel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Belle Plaine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Embarrass
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Leeman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Briarton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cecil
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cecil is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Clintonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
  • Hofa Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hofa Park is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hofa Park
  • Angelica
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Angelica is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
  • Keshena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rose Lawn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Lunds ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lunds.

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

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 either 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 Lunds:

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 Lunds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lunds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.