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 Betty B Landing (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 Betty B Landing. 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 Betty B Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Betty B Landing: Betty B Lndg. (or less commonly used: Betty B Lndng.)
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.
Betty B Landing is located in Luce 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 Luce County: Alger, Chippewa, Mackinac & Schoolcraft.
Below are the counties that are near Betty B Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Betty B Landing:
- Luce County (The home county of Betty B Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Betty B Landing, with the one closest to Betty B Landing listed first.
- Lencel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lencel is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lencel
- Newberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roberts Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Corner
- Dollarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dollarville is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
- McMillan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Helmer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Helmer is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmer
- Laketon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Laketon is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Deer Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Park is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Carpenter Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Landing
- Danaher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Danaher is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danaher
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Betty B Landing, with the one closest to Betty B Landing listed first.
- Hulbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hulbert is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Eckerman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Strongs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Strongs is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs
- Emerson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Trout Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shelldrake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shelldrake is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelldrake
- Vermilion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Vermilion is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
- Dick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dick is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Whitefish Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitefish Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefish Point
- Fibre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fibre is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibre
- Mackinac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Betty B Landing, with the one closest to Betty B Landing listed first.
- Fiborn ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fiborn is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiborn
- Fiborn has also been known as:
- Fiborn Quarry
- Rexton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rexton is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexton
- Naubinway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ozark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Epoufette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Epoufette is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epoufette
- Engadine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenneth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kenneth is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Curtis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gould City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Betty B Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Betty B Landing.
Cemeteries Near Betty B Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Betty B Landing.
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 Betty B Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Betty B Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Betty B Landing, with the one closest to Betty B Landing listed first.
- Hulbert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Colbert Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Naomikong Point Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Caffey Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Victory Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Trout Lake.
- The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trout Lake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #908 <2>
- Paradise Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus Twp. Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Lakefield Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old East Lakefield Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandtown Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Betty B Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Betty B Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Betty B Landing, with the one closest to Betty B Landing listed first.
- Soo Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Soo Junction is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Junction
- Newberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eckerman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dollarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dollarville is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
- Emerson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Gilchrist
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
- Trout Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McMillan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Naubinway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Ozark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Epoufette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Epoufette is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epoufette
- Deer Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Park is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Brevort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brevort is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevort
- Gould City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitefish Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitefish Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefish Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Betty B Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Betty B Landing.
Newspapers Published in Betty B Landing ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Betty B Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Betty B Landing, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Betty B Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Betty B Landing:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Luce County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Mackinac 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 Betty B Landing, 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' (or 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- Betty B Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |