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 Ormsby (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 Ormsby. 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.
Ormsby is located in Langlade 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 Langlade County: Forest, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Ormsby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ormsby:
- Langlade County (The home county of Ormsby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Deerbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Kempster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Neva Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
- Antigo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Bryant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Elcho
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Post Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Phlox
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Lily
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Freeman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Freeman is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- White Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Langlade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Langlade is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Mole Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Crandon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Atkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Atkins is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Dudley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Gleason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Jeffris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Irma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Merrill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Tomahawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Jersey City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Glandon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glandon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
- Sunset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Nutterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Hatley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Norrie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Brokaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brokaw is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
- Estimated population in 2018: 245 people
- Ringle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Taegesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taegesville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taegesville
- Wausau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Naugart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Naugart is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugart
- Schofield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Zoar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Neopit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neopit is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Pelican Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Jennings
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Monico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Rhinelander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Gagen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gagen is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Aniwa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Mattoon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mattoon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Birnamwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Eland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Almon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Regina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Regina is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Wittenberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Bowler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ormsby, see our County-by-County Page for Ormsby.
Cemeteries Near Ormsby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ormsby.
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 Ormsby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ormsby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Peck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Neva Corners.
- The St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bohemian Cemetery
- St. Wencels Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407735 <1>
- Forest View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neva Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summit Town Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Antigo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queen of Peace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Latvian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gleason Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Estonian Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (71 more) ...
- Hall Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Ormsby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ormsby.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ormsby, with the one closest to Ormsby listed first.
- Deerbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Kempster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Koepenick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Koepenick is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
- Summit Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
- Antigo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Bryant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Dudley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Elcho
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Bloomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bloomville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomville
- Elmhurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elmhurst is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst
- Hogarty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hogarty is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogarty
- Post Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Aniwa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Pelican Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Phlox
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ormsby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ormsby.
Newspapers Published in Ormsby ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ormsby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ormsby, 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 Ormsby.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ormsby:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Langlade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Forest County
- Lincoln County
- Marathon County
- Menominee County
- Oneida County
- Shawano County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Ormsby, 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- Ormsby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |