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 Vaudreuil (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 Vaudreuil. 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 and doctors 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.
Vaudreuil is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clark, Eau Claire, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Vaudreuil. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vaudreuil:
- Jackson County (The home county of Vaudreuil)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Black River Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Hatfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Merrillan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Alma Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Hixton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Millston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Taylor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Lapham Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapham Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Pray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Humbird
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Neillsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Globe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Granton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynxville
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Fairchild
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Hay Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Juneau County
- Mather
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Mather
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Mindoro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Rockland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Bangor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Warrens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Angelo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Tunnel City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Tomah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Valley Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Wyeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Blair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Pigeon Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Coral City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Ettrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Whitehall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Osseo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- Frenchville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Galesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Independence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Wood County
- Lindsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Lindsey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vaudreuil, see our County-by-County Page for Vaudreuil.
Cemeteries Near Vaudreuil ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vaudreuil.
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 Vaudreuil covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1840565 <3>
- Olson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Decorah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Decorah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Decorah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- County Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Farm Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Stiehl Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stiehl Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stiehl Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Komensky Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Komensky Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Komensky Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hatfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Columkille Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columkille Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Columkille Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Irving Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Irving Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Irving Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Lawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Lawn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (120 more) ...
- St. Mary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Stanford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pole Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pole Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pole Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Mary 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.<4>
While we didn't find Vaudreuil in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vaudreuil.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vaudreuil, with the one closest to Vaudreuil listed first.
- Black River Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Sheppard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Hatfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Irving
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Shamrock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Lynxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Alma Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Merrillan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Millston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Waterbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Hixton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- North Branch is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Humbird
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- North Branch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vaudreuil. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vaudreuil.
Newspapers Published in Vaudreuil ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vaudreuil.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vaudreuil, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vaudreuil.
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 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 Vaudreuil:
- 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 Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vaudreuil. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Vaudreuil, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Vaudreuil) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vaudreuil. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3064, Longitude: -90.8099 In this case, the coordinates for Vaudreuil have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |