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 Sturgeon (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 Sturgeon. 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.
Sturgeon is located in Owsley County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Owsley County : Breathitt , Clay , Jackson & Lee .
Below are the counties that are near Sturgeon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sturgeon:
Owsley County (The home county of Sturgeon)
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Travellers Rest (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Vincent (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Island City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Southfork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Pebworth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Booneville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Ricetown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Sebastian (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Lerose (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Mistletoe (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Jetts Creek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Copebranch (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Oakdale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Chenowee (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Whick (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Frozen Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Jackson (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Wolverine (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Vancleve (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Vancleve is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve Kragon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Lost Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Quicksand (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Sextons Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Teges (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Burning Springs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Laurel Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Oneida (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Oneida is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Fall Rock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Sidell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Barcreek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Barcreek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek Benge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Fogertown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Larue (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Manchester (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Lynch Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Wagersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Miller's Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Locust Branch (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Locust Branch is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch Ravenna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Irvine (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Furnace (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Furnace is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Winston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Winston is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Witt Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Witt Springs is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Springs Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Tyner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk McKee (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Foxtown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Annville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Dabolt (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Waneta (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Peoples (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Sandgap (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Kerby Knob (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Knob Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Woollum (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Crane Nest (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Greenmount (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Marydell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Bush (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Lake (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Maplesville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville East Bernstadt (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
London (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Sublimity City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City Bernstadt (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Bernstadt is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstadt Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Idamay (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Heidelberg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Beattyville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Lone (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Saint Helens (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Tallega (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Athol (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Primrose (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Fincastle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Vada (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Zoe (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Williba (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Bear Branch (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Sizerock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Confluence (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Thousandsticks (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Hyden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Essie (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Roark (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Wendover (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Duluth (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Duluth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Panola (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Panola is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Dreyfus (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Dreyfus is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfus Bighill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Bighill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighill Brassfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Brassfield is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield Bobtown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bobtown is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown Speedwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Speedwell is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell Bybee (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bybee is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bybee Kingston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Kingston is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Waco (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Berea (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Elliston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Elliston is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Buckhorn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Saul (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Gays Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Chavies (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Krypton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Krypton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton Busy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Busy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Yerkes (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Yerkes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes Butterfly (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Dice (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Powell County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Barker Branch (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Barker Branch is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch South Fork (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
South Fork is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Knowlton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Knowlton is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Slade (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Cat Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Cat Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek Pecks Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Pecks Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek Hatton Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hatton Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek Vaughns Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Vaughns Mill is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughns Mill North Bend (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
North Bend is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend Rosslyn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Rosslyn is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn Stanton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Climax (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Climax is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax Mullins (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Livingston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Disputanta (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta Orlando (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Wildie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wildie is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie Conway (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Conway is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Mount Vernon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Renfro Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Mary (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Rogers (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bethany (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Pine Ridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Campton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Lexie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sturgeon, see our County-by-County Page for Sturgeon .
Cemeteries Near Sturgeon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sturgeon.
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 Sturgeon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sturgeon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
William Dougie Burch Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Valentine Brewer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
John Tyler Brewer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Irvine Spence Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
John Hartsock Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Botner Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mose Price Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Morris Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Holcomb Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Cavins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Farmer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Reynolds Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (568 more) ...
Smith Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
McIntire Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntire Cemetery The McIntire Cemetery has also been known as:
Manious, McIntire & Dooley Cemetery McIntosh Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sturgeon had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sturgeon, with the one closest to Sturgeon listed first.
Travellers Rest (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Island City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Conkling (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Conkling is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Maulden (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Maulden is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maulden Southfork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Sextons Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Gray Hawk (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk Tyner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Eversole (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Eversole is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversole Sebastian (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Welchburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Welchburg is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welchburg Teges (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Continue List (16 more) ...
Ammie (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Ammie is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammie Proctor (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Proctor is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor McKee (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sturgeon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sturgeon .
Newspapers Published in Sturgeon ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sturgeon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sturgeon, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Sturgeon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Sturgeon:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Owsley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Clay County Estill County Jackson County Knox County Laurel County Lee County Leslie County Madison County Perry County Powell County Rockcastle County Wolfe County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sturgeon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 from Point A (ie- Sturgeon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Sturgeon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.