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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 Zittau (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 Zittau. 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 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.

Zittau is located in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Outagamie, Waupaca & Waushara.

Below are the counties that are near Zittau. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zittau:

  • Winnebago County     (The home county of Zittau)
  • Brown County
    • Sniderville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sniderville is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.
    • Harrison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Kaukauna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sherwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
    • Stockbridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Quinney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint John
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Dundas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Brothertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Fond du Lac County
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.
    • Berlin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Princeton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marquette County
    • Neshkoro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.
    • Medina
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hortonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Appleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Shiocton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Apple Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Bear Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Kimberly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Combined Locks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Little Chute
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Black Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
    • Freedom
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Leeman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.
    • Blaine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Amherst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Almond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.
    • Fremont
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gills Landing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Weyauwega
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
    • New London
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Ostrander
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Baldwins Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Waupaca
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Manawa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • King
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rural
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Ogdensburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Cobb Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.
    • West Bloomfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Poy Sippi
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Saxeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Redgranite
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lohrville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Mount Morris
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
    • Wild Rose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Silver Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Wautoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zittau, see our County-by-County Page for Zittau.

Cemeteries Near Zittau ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zittau.

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 Zittau - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zittau covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Zittau had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Zittau, with the one closest to Zittau listed first.

  • Orihula
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Readfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Readfield is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
  • Fremont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Tustin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tustin is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tustin
  • Dale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dale is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Gills Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Larsen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Larsen is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larsen
  • Medina Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Medina
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • West Bloomfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Brushville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Brushville is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
  • Butte des Morts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Butte des Morts is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte des Morts
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zittau. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zittau.

Newspapers Published in Zittau ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zittau.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zittau, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zittau.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Zittau:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Zittau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Zittau) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.