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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake (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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake. 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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake ...
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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Barnes Lake - Millers Lake may originally have been Barne's Lake - Millers Lake.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Barnes Lake - Millers Lake might be written as Barne Lake - Millers Lake.
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 northwest 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 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.
Barnes Lake - Millers Lake is located in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County: Genesee, Macomb, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac & Tuscola.
Below are the counties that are near Barnes Lake - Millers Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake:
- Lapeer County (The home county of Barnes Lake - Millers Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Five Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Lakes is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Lakes
- Columbiaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kings Mill is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Otter Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lapeer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lum is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lum
- Silverwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burnside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burnside is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Clifford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Attica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hunters Creek is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Davison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Genesee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Morris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Atlas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atlas is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Goodrich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beecher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beecher is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farrandville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farrandville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandville
- Flint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macomb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Miami ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Miami is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
- Former names for Grays' Mills:
- Clifton Mill
- Clifton Village
- Clifton
- Doyle ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doyle is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Romeo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thorington ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thorington is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorington
- Thorington has also been known as:
- Thorington Settlement
- Oakland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Thomas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Leonard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ortonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Perry Lake Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Perry Lake Heights is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Lake Heights
- Lakeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeville is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Campbells Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Campbells Corner is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corner
- Lake Orion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Orion is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,191 people
- Former names for Lake Orion:
- Canandaigua City
- New Canandaigua
- Oakland
- Orion
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Orion <2>
- Newark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Lake Orion Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Orion Heights is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion Heights
- Groveland Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland Corners is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Corners
- Saginaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Frankenmuth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Birch Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blumfield Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blumfield Corners is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumfield Corners
- Reese
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Taymouth is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taymouth
- Burt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Capac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yale is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yale <2>
- Allenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allenton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Lesterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lesterville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesterville
- Brockway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brockway is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Berville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berville
- Riley Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riley Center is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Center
- Emmett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sanilac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Marlette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Valley Center is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
- Juhl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Juhl is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juhl
- Melvin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Melvin is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Hemans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hemans is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemans
- Decker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Decker is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Peck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Peck is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Speaker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Speaker is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speaker
- Elmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elmer is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Snover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Snover is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snover
- Watertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Watertown is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Cash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Tuscola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Fostoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fostoria is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Mayville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Juniata
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Millington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wahjamega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wahjamega is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahjamega
- Vassar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Tuscola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Watrousville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watrousville is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrousville
- Deford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deford is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Barnes Lake - Millers Lake.
Cemeteries Near Barnes Lake - Millers Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnes Lake - Millers Lake.
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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barnes Lake - Millers Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- West Deerfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Five Lakes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stiles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hollenbeck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- German Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bahel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- North Branch - Burlington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnes Lake - Millers Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, with the one closest to Barnes Lake - Millers Lake listed first.
- Five Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Lakes is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Lakes
- Columbiaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fostoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fostoria is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- North Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kings Mill is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Otter Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lapeer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lum is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lum
- Mayville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burnside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burnside is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Clifford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Attica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hunters Creek is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barnes Lake - Millers Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barnes Lake - Millers Lake.
Newspapers Published in Barnes Lake - Millers Lake ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnes Lake - Millers Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnes Lake - Millers Lake.
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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Lapeer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Genesee County
- Macomb County
- Oakland County
- Saginaw County
- Saint Clair County
- Sanilac County
- Tuscola 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 Barnes Lake - Millers Lake, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Barnes Lake - Millers Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |