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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery (FG ID #1503).

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery:

43.9411, -86.2228

The Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Mason County<2>.

The county seat for Mason County is located in Ludington. Ludington lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery.

Name Variations for Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery.

Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Riverside Cemetery
  • Custer Cemetery
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
  • Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery

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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery, with the nearest first:

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mason County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Fountain
    • Fountain lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fountain.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
  • Free Soil
  • Hart
    • Hart lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hart.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Ludington
  • Pentwater
  • Scottville

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Michigan:
  • Pages specific to Mason County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1503

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #635992  (Riverside Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #635992 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Mason
      • Est. Elev: 200 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Custer
      • Location given for Riverside Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.941118     Lon: -86.22341
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Mason, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.