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A visit to the Saint Raphael Catholic Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #2308267).

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 St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery:

44.5914, -83.4040

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery has been estimated.<2> - use with caution.

The St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Mikado.

The cemetery is located in Alcona County<3>.

Adjacent to the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery and just to the west is the Mikado Township Cemetery.

The county seat for Alcona County is located in Harrisville. Harrisville lies just to the northeast of the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery.<5>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Raphael Catholic 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 St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Alcona County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • East Tawas
  • Harrisville
  • Lincoln
  • Oscoda
    • Oscoda lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oscoda.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscoda
  • Tawas City

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Michigan:
  • Pages specific to Alcona 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 St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2308267

    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>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.
    <3>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Alcona, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <5>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.
    <6>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Greenbush and Harrisville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
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