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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 Advance (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 Advance. 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.

Advance is located in Charlevoix County.

To see how the shape of Michigan's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Charlevoix County: Antrim, Emmet & Otsego.

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

  • Charlevoix County     (The home county of Advance)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Boyne City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Boyne City is located in Charlevoix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyne City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,717 people
      • Former names for Boyne City:
      • Bay Springs
      • Boyne
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyne City <1>
    • Horton Bay
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
    • Zenith Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Zenith Heights is located in Charlevoix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith Heights
    • Ironton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • East Jordan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goo ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Goo is located in Charlevoix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goo
    • Walloon Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boyne Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay Shore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bay Shore is located in Charlevoix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore
    • Charlevoix
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Norwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Norwood is located in Charlevoix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
  • Antrim County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Ellsworth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Finkton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Finkton is located in Antrim County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkton
    • Central Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alba
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bellaire
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Wetzel ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Wetzel is located in Antrim County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
      • Wetzel has also been known as:
      • Wetzell
    • Clam Lake ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
    • Mancelona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Kewadin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Alden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Elk Rapids
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cheboygan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Wildwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wolverine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Burt Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Giauque Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
    • Topinabee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Afton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Crawford County
    • Deward ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Deward is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deward
  • Emmet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Bay Harbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Petoskey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bay View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kegomic ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Kegomic is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegomic
    • Forest Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Forest Beach is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
    • Harbor Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Wequetonsing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Wequetonsing is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetonsing
    • Ramona Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ramona Park is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Park
    • Roaring Brook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Roaring Brook is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
    • Conway
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ponshewaing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponshewaing is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponshewaing
  • Grand Traverse County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Old Mission
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mapleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mapleton is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
  • Kalkaska County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Westwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Westwood is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
    • Rapid City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Torch River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
  • Leelanau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Northport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Omena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Peshawbestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Peshawbestown is located in Leelanau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshawbestown
    • Manseau ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Manseau is located in Leelanau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manseau
    • Onominee ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Onominee is located in Leelanau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onominee
      • Onominee has also been known as:
      • Onominese
      • Onomonese
      • Onuminee
      • Onumunese
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Advance, with the one closest to Advance listed first.
    • Elmira
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hallock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hallock is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
    • Berryville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Berryville is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
    • Vanderbilt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Gaylord
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Pearll City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pearll City is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
    • Green Timbers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
    • Arbutus Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Arbutus Beach is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbutus Beach
    • Sparr
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sparr is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparr
    • Waters
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Advance ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Advance.

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

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

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

  • Advance Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Knob Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Maple Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Evangeline Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Undine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dyer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Horton Bay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...
    • Todd Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • North Bay Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jones Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Advance had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Boyne City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Boyne City is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyne City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,717 people
    • Former names for Boyne City:
    • Bay Springs
    • Boyne
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyne City <1>
  • Horton Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
  • East Jordan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ironton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
  • Boyne Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarion is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion
  • Ellsworth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Burgess
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Burgess is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
  • Finkton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Finkton is located in Antrim County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkton
  • Chestonia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Chestonia is located in Antrim County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestonia
  • Charlevoix
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Petoskey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Atwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Atwood is located in Antrim County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Central Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Advance ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Advance.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Advance, 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 Advance.

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 Advance:

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 Advance, 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' (or 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- Advance) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.