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 Whitefish Bay (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 Whitefish Bay. 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.
Whitefish Bay is located in Door County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Below are the counties that are near Whitefish Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitefish Bay:
- Door County (The home county of Whitefish Bay)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitefish Bay, with the one closest to Whitefish Bay listed first.
- Jacksonport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacksonport is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
- Sturgeon Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Egg Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Egg Harbor is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Idlewild
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Baileys Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
- Salona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salona is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Fish Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fish Creek is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Ephraim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ephraim is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- North Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Little Sturgeon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Sister Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sister Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Forestville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Brussels
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitefish Bay, with the one closest to Whitefish Bay listed first.
- Algoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Gregorville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Euren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Duvall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitefish Bay, with the one closest to Whitefish Bay listed first.
- Marinette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Peshtigo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Menominee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitefish Bay, with the one closest to Whitefish Bay listed first.
- Menominee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kew
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kew is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kew
- Birch Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Birch Creek is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek
- Arthur Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arthur Bay is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Bay
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitefish Bay, see our County-by-County Page for Whitefish Bay.
Cemeteries Near Whitefish Bay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitefish Bay.
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 Whitefish Bay - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitefish Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitefish Bay, with the one closest to Whitefish Bay listed first.
- Whitefish Bay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holy Nativity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacksonport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Side Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Side Cemetery
- The South Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Samuelson Cemetery
- Southside Cemetery
- Sturgeon Bay Town Cemetery
- Egg Harbor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hainesville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Schumacher - Nasewaupee Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baileys Harbor Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (46 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Schulties Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Juddville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Whitefish Bay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitefish Bay.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitefish Bay, with the one closest to Whitefish Bay listed first.
- Jacksonport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacksonport is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
- Sturgeon Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Egg Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Egg Harbor is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Baileys Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
- Salona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salona is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Vignes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vignes is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vignes
- Fish Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fish Creek is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Maplewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Little Sturgeon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Carnot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carnot is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnot
- Ephraim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ephraim is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Forestville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sister Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sister Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Brussels
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Rowleys Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rowleys Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowleys Bay
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitefish Bay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitefish Bay.
Newspapers Published in Whitefish Bay ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitefish Bay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitefish Bay, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitefish Bay.
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 helpful 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 Whitefish Bay:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Door County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kewaunee County
- Marinette County
- Menominee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Whitefish Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitefish Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |