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 Tamarack Grange (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 Tamarack Grange. 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 hospitals 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.
Tamarack Grange is located in Saint Joseph County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Joseph County: Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Starke, Berrien (MI) & Cass (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Tamarack Grange. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tamarack Grange:
- Saint Joseph County (The home county of Tamarack Grange)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Mishawaka
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Osceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyatt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gulivoire Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Nutwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- South Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Granger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Roseland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Crumstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Wakarusa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Elkhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Foraker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Nappanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Simonton Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Goshen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gravelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Bainter Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Milford Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Etna Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clunette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Leesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wawasee Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Atwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Arrowhead Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Mentone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- LaGrange County
- Shipshewana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Kankakee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Stillwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Rolling Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Smith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Smith is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Hesston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hesston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesston
- Kingsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Kingsford Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- La Porte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- La Paz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Linkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Harris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Tyner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Plymouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bourbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Donaldson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Argos
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Ligonier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Hamlet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ober
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Niles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Bakertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Buchanan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Galien
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Galien is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Berrien Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Avery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Berrien Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glendora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glendora is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- Hills Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Corners is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corners
- Eau Claire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Edwardsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pokagon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cassopolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sumnerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- La Grange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Grange is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Vandalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Dowagiac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Penn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Penn is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- Jones
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Mottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Constantine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Pigeon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fabius
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tamarack Grange, see our County-by-County Page for Tamarack Grange.
Cemeteries Near Tamarack Grange ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tamarack Grange.
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 Tamarack Grange - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tamarack Grange covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Resthaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ferrisville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eutzler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Van Buskirk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mishawaka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84982 <2>
- City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mishawaka.
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Misahwaka City Cemetery
- Mishawaka Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Noffsinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Southlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of South Bend.
- The Southlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Palmer Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86961 <2>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shutts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Cemetery
- The Olive Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dodge Cemetery
- Olive Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Shaum's Burying Ground
- Shaum's Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #166695 <2>
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Tamarack Grange in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tamarack Grange.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tamarack Grange, with the one closest to Tamarack Grange listed first.
- Woodland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Mishawaka
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Osceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wakarusa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nutwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Lakeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Southwest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Elkhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- La Paz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- La Paz Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz Junction is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Junction
- Nappanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foraker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tamarack Grange. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tamarack Grange.
Newspapers Published in Tamarack Grange ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tamarack Grange.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tamarack Grange, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tamarack Grange.
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 either 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 Tamarack Grange:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Saint Joseph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Starke County
- Berrien County
- Cass County
- Saint Joseph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Tamarack Grange, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tamarack Grange) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |