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 North Bay (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 North Bay. 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 North Bay ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Bay: N. Bay

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

North Bay is located in Door County.

To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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

• Door County     (The home county of North Bay)
  • The following are listed by their distance from North Bay, with the one closest to North Bay listed first.
  • Sister Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
    • Sister Bay is located in Door County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
  • Ephraim
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ephraim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
    • Ephraim is located in Door County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Rowleys Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowleys Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowleys Bay
    • Rowleys Bay is located in Door County
  • Baileys Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
    • Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
  • Ellison Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Bay
    • Ellison Bay is located in Door County
  • Gills Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Rock
    • Gills Rock is located in Door County
  • Egg Harbor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
    • Egg Harbor is located in Door County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Jacksonport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
    • Jacksonport is located in Door County
  • Washington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Washington is located in Door County
  • Idlewild
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
    • Idlewild is located in Door County
  • Sturgeon Bay
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
    • Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
• Marinette County
  • Marinette
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
    • Marinette is located in Marinette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
• Menominee County (MI)
  • The following are listed by their distance from North Bay, with the one closest to North Bay listed first.
  • Kew
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kew have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kew
    • Kew is located in Menominee County (MI)
  • Menominee
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
    • Menominee is located in Menominee County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,967 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menominee <2>
  • Carbondale
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Carbondale is located in Menominee County (MI)
  • Wallace
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Wallace is located in Menominee County (MI)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <2>
  • Ingalls
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingalls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
    • Ingalls is located in Menominee County (MI)

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

Newspapers Published in North Bay ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Bay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Bay, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Bay.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 North Bay:

• 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 Door County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Marinette County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Menominee County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

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

Cemeteries Near North Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Bay.

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 North Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• St. Rosalias Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Rosalias Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Sister Bay.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Rosalias Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155383 <4>
• Little Sister Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Sister Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Sister Cemetery
• Rowleys Bay Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rowleys Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rowleys Bay Cemetery
• Lutheran Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
• Baileys Harbor Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baileys Harbor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baileys Harbor Cemetery
• Liberty Grove Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Grove Cemetery
• Ellison Bay Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellison Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellison Bay Cemetery
• Blossomburg Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blossomburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blossomburg Cemetery
• Juddville Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Juddville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Juddville Cemetery
• Egg Harbor Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Egg Harbor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Egg Harbor Cemetery
• Jacksonport Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacksonport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacksonport Cemetery
• Zion Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
• Continue List   (27 more) ...
  • Holy Nativity Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Nativity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Nativity Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Whitefish Bay Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitefish Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitefish Bay 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.<5>

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

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

• Sister Bay
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
  • Sister Bay is located in Door County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
• Ephraim
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ephraim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
  • Ephraim is located in Door County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
• Baileys Harbor
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
  • Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
• Rowleys Bay
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowleys Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowleys Bay
  • Rowleys Bay is located in Door County
• Ellison Bay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Bay
  • Ellison Bay is located in Door County
• Fish Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fish Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
  • Fish Creek is located in Door County
• Egg Harbor
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
  • Egg Harbor is located in Door County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
• Jacksonport
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
  • Jacksonport is located in Door County
• Arthur Bay
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Bay
  • Arthur Bay is located in Menominee County (MI)
• Cedar River
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar River
  • Cedar River is located in Menominee County (MI)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar River <2>
• Sturgeon Bay
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
  • Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
• Birch Creek
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek
  • Birch Creek is located in Menominee County (MI)
• Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Menominee
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
    • Menominee is located in Menominee County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,967 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menominee <2>
  • Marinette
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
    • Marinette is located in Marinette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
  • Carbondale
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Carbondale is located in Menominee County (MI)

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Bay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Door County: www.co.door.wi.gov/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/