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 Sobieski (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 Sobieski. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Sobieski is located in Oconto 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 Oconto County: Brown, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Sobieski. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sobieski:
- Oconto County (The home county of Sobieski)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Stiles Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Krakow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Pensaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Oconto Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Oconto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Lena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Spruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Gillett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hickory Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Frostville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Suring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Flintville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Suamico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Duck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Pittsfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Benderville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Green Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Bay Settlement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Wequiock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Dyckesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Ashwaubenon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Namur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Brussels
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Rosiere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Little Sturgeon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Duvall
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Luxemburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Euren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Casco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Pilsen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Gregorville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Ellisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Curran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Curran is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Krok
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Krok is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
- Stangelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Manitowoc County
- Hickory Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Coleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Peshtigo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Harmony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Legend Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Keshena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Seymour
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Chicago Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Black Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Leeman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Laney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Rose Lawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Frazer Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Zachow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Pulcifer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Bonduel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Slab City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Briarton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Cecil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Lunds
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Shawano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Belle Plaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sobieski, see our County-by-County Page for Sobieski.
Cemeteries Near Sobieski ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sobieski.
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 Sobieski - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sobieski covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grosse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chase Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chase Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> to the east of Krakow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274901 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Pittsfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Polish National Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kunesh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
- The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laney Cemetery
- Volk Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owego Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owego Cemetery
- The Owego Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Church 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 Sobieski in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sobieski.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sobieski, with the one closest to Sobieski listed first.
- Little Suamico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
- Abrams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Abrams is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abrams
- Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Flintville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Tremble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tremble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble
- Suamico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Brookside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookside is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Stiles Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stiles is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Cormier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cormier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormier
- Duck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pensaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Laney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Oconto Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sobieski. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sobieski.
Newspapers Published in Sobieski ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sobieski.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sobieski, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sobieski.
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 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 Sobieski:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Oconto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Manitowoc County
- Marinette County
- Menominee County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sobieski) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Sobieski, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |