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 Avery (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 Avery. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Avery is located in Montmorency 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 Montmorency County: Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Oscoda, Otsego & Presque Isle.
Below are the counties that are near Avery. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Avery:
- Montmorency County (The home county of Avery)
- The following are listed by their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Atlanta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Bigelow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bigelow is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Garland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garland Village is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Village
- Lewiston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Royston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Royston is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
- Vienna Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Vienna Junction is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Vienna Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Vienna Corners is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Corners
- Canada Creek Ranch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canada Creek Ranch is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Creek Ranch
- Alcona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Curran
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard Lake is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Lake
- Spruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Curtisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Barton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alpena County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Flanders
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flanders is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
- Lachine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Herron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Herron is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron
- Long Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
- McHarg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McHarg is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHarg
- Hubbard Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cathro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cathro is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathro
- Alpena Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alpena Junction is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpena Junction
- Ossineke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alpena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cheboygan County
- Tower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tower is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
- Crawford County
- Bucks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bucks is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
- Oscoda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kneeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kneeland is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
- McKinley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McKinley is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Mio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Red Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Luzerne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Hetherton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hetherton is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
- Johannesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lower Chub Landing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lower Chub Landing is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chub Landing
- Sparr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sparr is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparr
- Green Timbers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
- Presque Isle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Hawks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hawks is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks
- Metz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Metz is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Millersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Polaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polaski is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaski
- Posen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hagensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hagensville is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagensville
- Onaway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liske
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liske is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liske
- Moltke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moltke is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltke
- Leroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Avery, see our County-by-County Page for Avery.
Cemeteries Near Avery ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Avery.
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 Avery - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Avery covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Avery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rust Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loud Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Briley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillman - Rust Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Finnish Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spratt Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lewiston Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Flynn Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mooney Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gingell Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greely Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greely Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greely Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Flanders.
- The Greely Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220618 <2>
- Montmorency Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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 Avery in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Avery.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Avery, with the one closest to Avery listed first.
- Atlanta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Flanders
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flanders is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hetherton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hetherton is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
- Long Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
- Curran
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Mio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Luzerne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Bolton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bolton is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Posen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hagensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hagensville is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagensville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Avery. See our List of 1890's Communities around Avery.
Newspapers Published in Avery ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Avery.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avery, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Avery.
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 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 Avery:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Montmorency County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcona County
- Alpena County
- Cheboygan County
- Crawford County
- Oscoda County
- Otsego County
- Presque Isle County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
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 Avery, 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 from Point A (ie- Avery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |