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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 Blaney Park (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 Blaney Park. 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.

Blaney Park is located in Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft County: Alger, Delta, Luce & Mackinac.

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

  • Schoolcraft County     (The home county of Blaney Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaney Park, with the one closest to Blaney Park listed first.
    • Blaney Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Blaney Junction is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Junction
    • Parkington ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Parkington is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkington
    • Germfask
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Gulliver
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Seney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Manistique
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Copenhagen Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen Beach
    • Walsh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
    • Minor Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Minor Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Beach
    • Creighton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
    • Elkhorn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
    • Steuben
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
    • Cooks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alger County
  • Luce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaney Park, with the one closest to Blaney Park listed first.
    • Carpenter Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Landing
    • Helmer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Helmer is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmer
    • Danaher
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Danaher is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danaher
    • Laketon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Laketon is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
    • McMillan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dollarville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Dollarville is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
    • Roberts Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Roberts Corner is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Corner
    • Newberry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lencel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lencel is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lencel
  • Mackinac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaney Park, with the one closest to Blaney Park listed first.
    • Huntspur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
      • Huntspur has also been known as:
      • Hunt Spur
    • Curtis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Inland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Port Inland is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Inland
    • Gould City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Engadine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Naubinway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Blaney Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blaney Park.

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 Blaney Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Blaney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Old Germfask Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Germfask Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Woods Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Curtis Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Polly Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • West Lakefield Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gould City Twp. Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandtown Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • East Lakefield Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Old East Lakefield Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Engadine Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Byers Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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 Blaney Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blaney Park.

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

  • Gulliver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Germfask
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Corinne
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Corinne is located in Mackinac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
  • Gould City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Seney
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Manistique
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • McMillan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Naubinway
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Creighton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
  • Thompson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Thompson is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Dollarville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dollarville is located in Luce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
  • Newberry
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilchrist
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
  • Cooks
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Blaney Park ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blaney Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blaney Park, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blaney Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Blaney Park:

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