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 Bay Shore Estates (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 Bay Shore Estates. 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 Bay Shore Estates ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Bayshore Estates.
- A typical abbreviation for Bay Shore Estates: Bay Shore Ests.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bay Shore Estates is located in Emmet 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 Emmet County: Charlevoix & Cheboygan.
Below are the counties that are near Bay Shore Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bay Shore Estates:
- Emmet County (The home county of Bay Shore Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay Shore Estates, with the one closest to Bay Shore Estates listed first.
- Bay Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Petoskey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Beach is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
- Harbor Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wequetonsing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wequetonsing is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetonsing
- Bay View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kegomic ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kegomic is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegomic
- Ramona Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ramona Park is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Park
- Roaring Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Brook is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stutsmanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stutsmanville is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutsmanville
- Oden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Middle Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middle Village is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Antrim County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay Shore Estates, with the one closest to Bay Shore Estates listed first.
- Ellsworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Finkton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Finkton is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkton
- Central Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eastport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellaire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wetzel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Charlevoix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay Shore Estates, with the one closest to Bay Shore Estates listed first.
- Bay Shore
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bay Shore is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore
- Zenith Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zenith Heights is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith Heights
- Horton Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
- Ironton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Charlevoix
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walloon Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boyne City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- East Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goo ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goo is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goo
- Boyne Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Nomad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nomad is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nomad
- Cheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay Shore Estates, with the one closest to Bay Shore Estates listed first.
- Wildwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Burt Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Indian River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wolverine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Giauque Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
- Topinabee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Riggsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
- Veery Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
- Afton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Long Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Mullett Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Silver Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Leelanau County
- Northport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay Shore Estates, with the one closest to Bay Shore Estates listed first.
- Berryville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Berryville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Elmira
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hallock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hallock is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
- Vanderbilt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Timbers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
- Gaylord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bay Shore Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Bay Shore Estates.
Cemeteries Near Bay Shore Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bay Shore Estates.
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 Bay Shore Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bay Shore Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bay Shore Estates, with the one closest to Bay Shore Estates listed first.
- Indian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Bay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greensky Indian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Horton Bay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Undine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1673 <2>
- Evangeline Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (101 more) ...
- Brookside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Advance Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bay Shore Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bay Shore Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bay Shore Estates, with the one closest to Bay Shore Estates listed first.
- Burgess
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Horton Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
- Petoskey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harbor Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charlevoix
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ironton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Bay View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kegomic ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kegomic is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegomic
- Advance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Clarion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion
- Boyne City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bay Shore Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bay Shore Estates.
Newspapers Published in Bay Shore Estates ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay Shore Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bay Shore Estates, 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 Bay Shore Estates.
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 Bay Shore Estates:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Emmet County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Antrim County
- Charlevoix County
- Cheboygan County
- Leelanau County
- Otsego 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 Bay Shore Estates, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bay Shore Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |