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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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 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) - Stiles Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stiles Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Pensaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Oconto Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Oconto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Lena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Spruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Gillett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Hickory Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Frostville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Suring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Breed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Suamico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Duck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Duck Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Pittsfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Benderville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Green Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Bay Settlement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bay Settlement. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Wequiock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Dyckesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Ashwaubenon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- 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) - Brussels
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Rosiere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Little Sturgeon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Sturgeon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Door County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Luxemburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Euren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Casco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Pilsen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Gregorville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Ellisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ellisville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Curran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Krok
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Stangelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Manitowoc County
- Hickory Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Peshtigo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Harmony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Keshena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- 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) - Chicago Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Black Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Leeman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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) - Rose Lawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Frazer Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Zachow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Pulcifer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Bonduel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Slab City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Briarton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Cecil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Lunds
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Shawano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
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.
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 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Grosse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grosse Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grosse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Chase Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chase Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chase Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- North Pittsfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Pittsfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Pittsfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Benedict Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Benedict Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Brookside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Polish National Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polish National Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polish National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kunesh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kunesh Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kunesh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mill Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mill Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mill Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elm Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laney Cemetery
- Volk Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Volk Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Volk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Owego Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owego Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owego Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Owego Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Church Cemetery
- Elm Grove 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Suamico have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
- Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
- Abrams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Flintville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Tremble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Suamico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Brookside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Stiles Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stiles Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Stiles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Cormier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Duck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Duck Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pensaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Laney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Oconto Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Pensaukee
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]<4>. 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 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 Sobieski:
- 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 Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Door County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Kewaunee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Manitowoc County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- 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
- Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Oconto County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sobieski. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oconto County: www.co.oconto.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sobieski) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sobieski. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7208, Longitude: -88.0720 In this case, the coordinates for Sobieski have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |