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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower (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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower. 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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower: Eckerman Cor. Lookout Tower (or less commonly used: Eckerman Crn. Lookout Tower)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Luce & Mackinac.
Below are the counties that are near Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower:
- Chippewa County (The home county of Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, with the one closest to Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower listed first.
- Eckerman
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Strongs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Strongs is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs
- Hulbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hulbert is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Trout Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dick is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Emerson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Emerson is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Fibre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fibre is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibre
- Dryburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dryburg is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
- Paradise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bay Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bay Mills is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Mills
- Brimley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rudyard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Luce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, with the one closest to Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower listed first.
- Lencel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lencel is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lencel
- Roberts Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Roberts Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Corner
- Newberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dollarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dollarville is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
- Mackinac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, with the one closest to Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower listed first.
- Fiborn ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fiborn is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiborn
- Fiborn has also been known as:
- Fiborn Quarry
- Ozark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ozark is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Rexton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rexton is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexton
- Kenneth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kenneth is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Epoufette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Epoufette is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epoufette
- Moran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Allenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Simmons ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Simmons is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
- Naubinway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pontchartrain Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pontchartrain Shores is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontchartrain Shores
- Engadine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, see our County-by-County Page for Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower.
Cemeteries Near Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower.
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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, with the one closest to Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower listed first.
- Colbert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hulbert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Trout Lake.
- The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trout Lake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #908 <2>
- Naomikong Point Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brethren Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dollar Settlement Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caffey Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Our Lady of Victory Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mission Hill Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Paradise Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Epoufette Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rudyard Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, with the one closest to Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower listed first.
- Eckerman
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Trout Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Soo Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Soo Junction is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Junction
- Ozark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ozark is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Emerson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Emerson is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Epoufette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Epoufette is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epoufette
- Rudyard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bay Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bay Mills is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Mills
- Gilchrist
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
- Brevort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brevort is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevort
- Newberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kinross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Moran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dollarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dollarville is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
- Naubinway
(26 miles [41.8 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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower.
Newspapers Published in Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Chippewa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Luce County
- Mackinac 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 Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |