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 Edgewater Beach (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 Edgewater Beach. 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 Edgewater Beach ...
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 Edgewater Beach: Edgewater Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Edgewater Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edgewater Beach.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Edgewater Beach is located in Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County: Charlevoix, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego & Presque Isle.
Below are the counties that are near Edgewater Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edgewater Beach:
- Cheboygan County (The home county of Edgewater Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Point Nipigon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Point Nipigon is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Nipigon
- Point Nipigon has also been known as:
- Point Nip-i-gon
- Riggsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
- Cheboygan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mullett Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Silver Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Long Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Veery Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
- Topinabee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Giauque Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
- Burt Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Indian River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wildwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Dick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dick is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Dryburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dryburg is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
- Fibre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fibre is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibre
- Emmet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Mackinaw City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carp Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Levering
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bliss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Van
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Van is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Pellston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marsh Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
- Cross Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brutus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alanson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stutsmanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stutsmanville is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutsmanville
- Good Hart
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Mackinac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Saint Ignace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mackinac Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- British Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- British Landing is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Landing
- Gros Cap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gros Cap is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros Cap
- Pointe Aux Pins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Allenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Moran
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pontchartrain Shores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pontchartrain Shores is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontchartrain Shores
- Hessel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Simmons is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
- Cedarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kenneth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kenneth is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Port Dolomite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Port Dolomite is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dolomite
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edgewater Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Edgewater Beach.
Cemeteries Near Edgewater Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edgewater Beach.
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 Edgewater Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edgewater Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Mackinaw City Bible Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Ignace's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sailors & Indians Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gros Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Mackinac Post Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mackinac Island Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Levering & Carp Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (72 more) ...
- Munro Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Polish Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Edgewater Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edgewater Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edgewater Beach, with the one closest to Edgewater Beach listed first.
- Mackinaw City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Carp Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint Ignace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mackinac Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Bliss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Levering
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pointe Aux Pins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Riggsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
- Pellston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cheboygan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moran
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cross Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mullett Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Brutus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edgewater Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edgewater Beach.
Newspapers Published in Edgewater Beach ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgewater Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edgewater Beach, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edgewater Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Edgewater Beach:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Cheboygan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Emmet 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> | 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 Edgewater Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Edgewater Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |