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 Birdsall (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 Birdsall. 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 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.
Birdsall is located in Lenawee 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 Lenawee County: Hillsdale, Jackson, Monroe, Washtenaw, Fulton (OH) & Lucas (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Birdsall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birdsall:
- Lenawee County (The home county of Birdsall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Adrian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holloway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Ridgeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Britton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,287 people
- Sand Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Blissfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Somerset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Somerset Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Prattville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Jerome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pittsford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lickly Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Waldron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Moscow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- North Adams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Osseo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shadyside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Ransom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Brooklyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Napoleon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fishville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fishville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Clarklake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Leoni
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leoni is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoni
- Michigan Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jackson
- Vandercook Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vandercook Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook Lake
- Trist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Trist is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trist
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,374 people
- Former name for Jackson:
- Jacksonopolis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Cone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Petersburg Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Azalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Azalia is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Diann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Diann is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diann
- Federman ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Federman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federman
- Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
- Ida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grape
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grape is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
- Lambertville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rowes Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rowes Corner is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Corner
- Sharon Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sharon Hollow is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Hollow
- Saline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Village
- Stony Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Whittaker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whittaker is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker
- Chelsea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ann Arbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Willis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Hills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Fulton County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Metamora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Denson ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denson is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Assumption
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Siney is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Oakshade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Advance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Ai
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ai is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Lucas County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Berkey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Sylvania
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Sharples
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Ottawa Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Wernerts Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wernerts Corners is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wernerts Corners
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Toledo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Toledo is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Toledo
- Whitehouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Air Line Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Williams County (OH)
- Alvordton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birdsall, see our County-by-County Page for Birdsall.
Cemeteries Near Birdsall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birdsall.
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 Birdsall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birdsall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Raisin Valley Orthodox Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hicksite Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Weaver Graves
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hazelbank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Siena Heights Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Raisin Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Adrian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Comstock Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (421 more) ...
- Woerner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Birdsall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birdsall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birdsall, with the one closest to Birdsall listed first.
- Raisin Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raisin Center is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin Center
- Adrian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holloway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Lenawee Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lenawee Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenawee Junction
- Tecumseh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Tipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Newburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Ogden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Ridgeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Cadmus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cadmus is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sand Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Britton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birdsall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birdsall.
Newspapers Published in Birdsall ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birdsall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birdsall, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birdsall.
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 Birdsall:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Lenawee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Washtenaw County
- Fulton County
- Lucas County
- Williams 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> | 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 Birdsall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Birdsall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |