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 Blumfield Corners (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 Blumfield Corners. 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 Blumfield Corners ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Blumfield Corners: Blumfield Cors.
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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Blumfield Corners is located in Saginaw County.
To see how the shape of Michigan's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saginaw County: Bay, Clinton, Genesee, Gratiot, Midland, Shiawassee & Tuscola.
Below are the counties that are near Blumfield Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blumfield Corners:
- Saginaw County (The home county of Blumfield Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- Reese
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reese have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Reese is located in Saginaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reese <2>
- Frankenmuth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crow Island ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Carrollton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Zilwaukee city
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Melbourne ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saginaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kochville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birch Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Taymouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- Munger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
- Munger is located in Bay County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munger <2>
- Brooks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brooks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Brooks is located in Bay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Brooks
- From Blumfield Corners to Brooks
- Bay City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Essexville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essexville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essexville
- Essexville is located in Bay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Essexville <2>
- Frankenlust
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salzburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amelith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Banks ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Banks is located in Bay County
- Banks has also been known as:
- Bangor
- Bank City
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Banks
- From Blumfield Corners to Banks
- Wenona ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wenona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Wenona is located in Bay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wenona
- From Blumfield Corners to Wenona
- West Bay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wenona Beach ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kawkawlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- Farrandville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Otisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Otisville is located in Genesee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otisville <2>
- Mount Morris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Genesee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genesee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Genesee is located in Genesee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Genesee <2>
- Beecher
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beecher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher
- Beecher is located in Genesee County
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Flushing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flushing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
- Flushing is located in Genesee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,840 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flushing <2>
- Davison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davison
- Davison is located in Genesee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,860 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davison <2>
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- Bach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sebewaing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kilmanagh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owendale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owendale
- Owendale is located in Huron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owendale <2>
- Lapeer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- Otter Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
- Otter Lake is located in Lapeer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otter Lake <2>
- Silverwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Silverwood is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverwood <2>
- Columbiaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barnes Lake - Millers Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Clifford is located in Lapeer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- North Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midland County
- Midland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiawassee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- New Lothrop
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lothrop have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lothrop
- New Lothrop is located in Shiawassee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Lothrop <2>
- Juddville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- Denmark Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Richville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vassar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Watrousville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairgrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Fairgrove is located in Tuscola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairgrove <2>
- Juniata
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wahjamega
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Millington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Akron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blumfield Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Blumfield Corners.
Cemeteries Near Blumfield Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blumfield Corners.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blumfield Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blumfield Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Michaels Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Janson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Lorenz Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frankenmuth Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blessed Trinity Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gilford Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
While we didn't find Blumfield Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blumfield Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blumfield Corners, with the one closest to Blumfield Corners listed first.
- Richville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reese
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reese have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Reese is located in Saginaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reese <2>
- Frankenmuth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gilford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Munger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
- Munger is located in Bay County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munger <2>
- Vassar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Watrousville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crow Island ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Zilwaukee city
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Carrollton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairgrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Fairgrove is located in Tuscola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairgrove <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blumfield Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blumfield Corners.
Newspapers Published in Blumfield Corners ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blumfield Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blumfield Corners, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blumfield Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Blumfield Corners:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Saginaw County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bay County
- Genesee County
- Huron County
- Lapeer County
- Midland County
- Shiawassee County
- Tuscola County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blumfield Corners. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saginaw County: www.saginawcounty.com/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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 Blumfield Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<6> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blumfield Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blumfield Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4244, Longitude: -83.7182 |