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 Wells (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 Wells. 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.
Wells is primarily located in Calumet County. A portion of Wells extends into Manitowoc 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 Calumet County: Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Wells. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wells:
- Calumet County (The home county of Wells)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Potter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Brillion
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Hilbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Hayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Chilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Brant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Forest Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Saint John
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- New Holstein
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holstein have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Dundas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Sherwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Harrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Wayside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Askeaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Morrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Greenleaf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Lark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Lark is located in Brown County
- Wrightstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Sniderville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sniderville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Glenmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Denmark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Fontenoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Pine Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Bellevue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Garnet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Calumetville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Saint Cloud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Calvary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Johnsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Malone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Mount Calvary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Calvary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calvary
- Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Gladstone Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Banner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Banner is located in Fond du Lac County
- Linden Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Minawa Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Graham Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Corners
- Graham Corners is located in Fond du Lac County
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Bolt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Curran
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Stangelville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Pilsen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Ellisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Krok
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Collins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Collins is located in Manitowoc County
- Reedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Grimms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms
- Grimms is located in Manitowoc County
- Clarks Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Clarks Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Valders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valders
- Valders is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
- Steinthal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinthal
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
- Saint Nazianz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Cato
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Cato is located in Manitowoc County
- Madsen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madsen
- Madsen is located in Manitowoc County
- Whitelaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Whitelaw is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
- Taus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taus
- Taus is located in Manitowoc County
- Louis Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
- Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Combined Locks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Little Chute
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Kimberly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Appleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Apple Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Freedom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Chicago Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Elkhart Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhart Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Glenbeulah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenbeulah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Johnsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Johnsonville is located in Sheboygan County
- Howards Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- Plymouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Kohler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Sheboygan Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
- Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
- Sheboygan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
- Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
- Ourtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ourtown
- Ourtown is located in Sheboygan County
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Cascade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Adella Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adella Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Menasha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Neenah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Point Comfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Fox Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Oshkosh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Stony Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Black Wolf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Allenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Fitzgerald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fitzgerald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Medina Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Medina Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wells, see our County-by-County Page for Wells.
Cemeteries Near Wells ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wells.
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 Wells covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Rantoul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rantoul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rantoul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Friedens Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Friedens Church Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Friedens Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- The Old Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2475363 <3>
- Rantoul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rantoul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rantoul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Streckert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Streckert Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89322 <3>
- St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972915 <3>
- Brillion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brillion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brillion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rockland EUB Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockland EUB Cemetery
- The Rockland EUB Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Immanuel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87879 <3>
- J.O. Tyler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the J.O. Tyler Cemetery
- The J.O. Tyler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Niles Church Cemetery
- Tyler Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89401 <3>
- Zion Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89610 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- New St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89083 <3>
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- St. John - St. James Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John - St. James Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. John - St. James Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- New St. John - St. James Lutheran Cemetery
- St. John - St. James Cemetery
- St. John - St. James Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2206227 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2361681 <3>
- Charlestown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charlestown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charlestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. John - St. James Lutheran 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 Wells in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wells.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wells, with the one closest to Wells listed first.
- Potter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Brillion
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Gravesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Gravesville is located in Calumet County
- Hayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Reedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Hilbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Chilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Grimms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms
- Grimms is located in Manitowoc County
- Brant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Meggers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Steinthal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinthal
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
- Saint Nazianz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Clarks Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Clarks Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Cato
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Cato is located in Manitowoc County
- Forest Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Clarks Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wells. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wells.
Newspapers Published in Wells ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wells.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wells, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wells.
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 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 Wells:
- 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 Calumet 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
- Fond du Lac 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
- Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sheboygan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winnebago 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 Calumet County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Calumet County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wells. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Calumet County: www.co.calumet.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 Wells, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wells) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wells. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0955, Longitude: -88.0434 In this case, the coordinates for Wells have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |