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 Babbits Resort (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 Babbits Resort. 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.
Name Variations for Babbits Resort ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Babbits Resort, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Babbits Resort may originally have been Babbit's Resort.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Babbits Resort might be written as Babbit Resort.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Babbits Resort is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Antrim, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego & Roscommon.
Below are the counties that are near Babbits Resort. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Babbits Resort:
- Crawford County (The home county of Babbits Resort)
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Grayling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bucks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bucks is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
- Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
- Pere Cheney has also been known as:
- Center Plains
- Cheney
- Skyline Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Village
- Rasmus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rasmus is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rasmus
- Deerheart Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deerheart Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerheart Valley
- McIntyre Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McIntyre Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Landing
- Frederic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deward ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deward is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deward
- Antrim County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Alba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mancelona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wetzel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wetzel is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
- Wetzel has also been known as:
- Wetzell
- Kalkaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Fletcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Angling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Angling is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angling
- Sigma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sigma is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigma
- Sharon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sharon has also been known as:
- Big Oley
- Jam One
- Spencer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Spencer is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Westwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Kalkaska
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Deibert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Deibert is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deibert
- Missaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stratford is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Moorestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
- Star City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Star City is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Stittsville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stittsville is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stittsville
- Merritt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cutcheon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
- Montmorency County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Garland Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garland Village is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Village
- Vienna Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Lewiston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Corners is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Corners
- Bigelow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bigelow is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Big Rock ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Ogemaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Damon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Damon is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Ogemaw Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
- Rose City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oscoda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Red Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Luzerne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mio
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kneeland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kneeland is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Lower Chub Landing ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lower Chub Landing is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chub Landing
- Waters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arbutus Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arbutus Beach is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbutus Beach
- Pearll City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pearll City is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
- Johannesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gaylord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sparr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sparr is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparr
- Hetherton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hetherton is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
- Hallock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hallock is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
- Elmira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roscommon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Roscommon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Higgins Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tent City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tent City is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent City
- Hillcrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Geels
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Geels is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geels
- Saint Helen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Houghton Lake Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Houghton Lake Heights is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake Heights
- Nellsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nellsville is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellsville
- Houghton Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Prudenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Babbits Resort, see our County-by-County Page for Babbits Resort.
Cemeteries Near Babbits Resort ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Babbits Resort.
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 Babbits Resort - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Babbits Resort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Stephan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pere Cheney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- United States Government Military Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maple Forest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lovells Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shrine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Higgins Twp. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (67 more) ...
- Ball Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gerrish Twp. Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Richfield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Babbits Resort in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Babbits Resort.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Babbits Resort, with the one closest to Babbits Resort listed first.
- Grayling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
- Pere Cheney has also been known as:
- Center Plains
- Cheney
- Frederic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roscommon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Waters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Red Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Otsego Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Otsego Lake is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego Lake
- Luzerne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fletcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Damon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Damon is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Sharon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sharon has also been known as:
- Big Oley
- Jam One
- Moorestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Saint Helen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mio
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Houghton Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Babbits Resort. See our List of 1890's Communities around Babbits Resort.
Newspapers Published in Babbits Resort ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Babbits Resort.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Babbits Resort, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Babbits Resort.
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 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 Babbits Resort:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Antrim County
- Kalkaska County
- Missaukee County
- Montmorency County
- Ogemaw County
- Oscoda County
- Otsego County
- Roscommon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Babbits Resort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Babbits Resort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |