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 Brandon Gardens (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 Brandon Gardens. 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 Brandon Gardens ...
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 Brandon Gardens: Brandon Gdns. (or less commonly used: Brandon Gardns., Brandon Grdens. or Brandon Grdns.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brandon Gardens. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brandon Gardens.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Brandon Gardens is located in Oakland 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 Oakland County: Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Washtenaw & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Brandon Gardens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brandon Gardens:
- Oakland County (The home county of Brandon Gardens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Ortonville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Perry Lake Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Perry Lake Heights is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Lake Heights
- Jossman Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jossman Acres is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jossman Acres
- Austin Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Corners is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Corners
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Groveland Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Groveland Corners is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Corners
- Oakwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Clarkston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Village of Clarkston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Village of Clarkston is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Clarkston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Andersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Davisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Goodrich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Grand Blanc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Fenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Fenton is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fenton
- Lakeside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Davison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bayport Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bayport Park is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Park
- Linden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flint
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Russellville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Lapeer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Hadley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Metamora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Creek is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
- Lapeer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dryden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Attica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Almont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Columbiaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Imlay City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Five Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Five Lakes is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Lakes
- Lum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lum is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lum
- Barnes Lake - Millers Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Hallers Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hallers Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallers Corners
- Tyrone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tyrone is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Hartland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Parshallville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Parshallville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshallville
- Deer Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cohoctah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cohoctah is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohoctah
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Oak is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Howell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitmore Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macomb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Miami ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Miami is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
- Former names for Grays' Mills:
- Clifton Mill
- Clifton Village
- Clifton
- Mount Vernon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Thorington ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Thorington is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorington
- Thorington has also been known as:
- Thorington Settlement
- Crissmanville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crissmanville is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crissmanville
- Shelby ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Shelby has also been known as:
- Shelby Crossing
- Shelby Station
- Romeo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Depew ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Depew is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Depew has also been known as:
- Depew Siding
- Disco ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Disco is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Former name for Disco:
- Whiskey Center
- Shelby Village ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby Village is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby Village
- Armada Corners ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Armada Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada Corners
- Armada Corners has also been known as:
- Selleck's Corners
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Allenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Allenton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Berville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Berville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berville
- Lesterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lesterville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesterville
- Capac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiawassee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Byron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lennon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tuscola County
- Fostoria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fostoria is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Washtenaw County
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Wayne County
- Livonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brandon Gardens, see our County-by-County Page for Brandon Gardens.
Cemeteries Near Brandon Gardens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brandon Gardens.
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 Brandon Gardens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brandon Gardens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Brandon Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bald Eagle Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Bethel Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Austin Corners.
- Ortonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shurter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eaton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- The Eaton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Honert Road Cemetery
- Carmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Springfield Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bigelow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridge Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sweers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (347 more) ...
- Case Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Hadley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Brandon Gardens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brandon Gardens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brandon Gardens, with the one closest to Brandon Gardens listed first.
- Ortonville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clarkston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Davisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goodrich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thomas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Holly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Atlas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Hadley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drayton Plains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Drayton Plains is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drayton Plains
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Farmers Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers Creek is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Creek
- White Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metamora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brandon Gardens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brandon Gardens.
Newspapers Published in Brandon Gardens ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brandon Gardens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brandon Gardens, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brandon Gardens.
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 websites either 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 Brandon Gardens:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Oakland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Genesee County
- Lapeer County
- Livingston County
- Macomb County
- Saint Clair County
- Shiawassee County
- Tuscola County
- Washtenaw County
- Wayne 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 Brandon Gardens, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brandon Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |