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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 Bergland (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 Bergland. 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.

Bergland is located in Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon County: Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Cook (MN) & Ashland (WI).

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

  • Ontonagon County     (The home county of Bergland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bergland, with the one closest to Bergland listed first.
    • Lake Gogebic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Gogebic is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gogebic
    • Nonesuch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Nonesuch is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonesuch
    • White Pine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ewen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Silver City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Silver City is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Green is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
    • Bruce Crossing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Craigsmere
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Craigsmere is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsmere
    • Gem
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gem is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
    • Rockland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ontonagon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Paulding
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gogebic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bergland, with the one closest to Bergland listed first.
    • White City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Gogebic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Gogebic is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogebic
    • Marenisco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Connorville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Connorville is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
    • Thomaston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Thomaston is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
    • Hartley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartley is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley has also been known as:
      • Hartleys
    • Wakefield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramsay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
    • Bessemer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Yale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Yale is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
    • Hillcrest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • North Ironwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
  • Iron County (WI)
    • Hurley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Hurley is located in Iron County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
  • Vilas County (WI)
    • Katinka Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Katinka Village is located in Vilas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village

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

Cemeteries Near Bergland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bergland.

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

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

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

  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Norwich Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Marenisco Twp. Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Ewen Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Indian Burial Grounds
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Bruce Crossing Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Crossing Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bruce Crossing Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Bruce Crossing.
    • The Bruce Crossing Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hillside Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #190 <2>
  • Woodawn Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Irish Hollow Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Methodist Rose Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holy Family Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 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.<4>

While we didn't find Bergland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bergland.

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

  • Lake Gogebic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Gogebic is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gogebic
  • Matchwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Matchwood is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matchwood
  • Ewen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Thomaston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Thomaston is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Wakefield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartley is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
    • Hartley has also been known as:
    • Hartleys
  • Wellington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Wellington is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
  • Thayer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Thayer is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
  • Bruce Crossing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ramsay
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
  • Rockland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Robbins
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Paynesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
    • Ontonagon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bessemer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Bergland ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bergland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bergland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bergland.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Bergland:

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>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- Bergland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bergland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.