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 Eldorado (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 Eldorado. 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.
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.
Eldorado is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Antrim, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego & Roscommon.
Below are the counties that are near Eldorado. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eldorado:
- Crawford County (The home county of Eldorado)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Deerheart Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deerheart Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerheart Valley
- Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
- Pere Cheney has also been known as:
- Center Plains
- Cheney
- Bucks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bucks is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
- Skyline Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Skyline Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Village
- Grayling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rasmus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rasmus is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rasmus
- McIntyre Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McIntyre Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Landing
- Frederic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deward ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deward is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deward
- Alcona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Curtisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Curtisville is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Curran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iosco County
- Long Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kalkaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Fletcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Angling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Angling is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angling
- Missaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stratford is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Moorestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
- Montmorency County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Garland Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garland Village is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Village
- Lewiston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vienna Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vienna Junction is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Vienna Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vienna Corners is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Corners
- Bigelow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bigelow is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Big Rock ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Ogemaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Damon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Damon is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Rose City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fayettes Corner ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fayettes Corner is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayettes Corner
- Ogemaw Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
- Lupton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Campbells Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
- West Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oscoda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Luzerne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Mio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kneeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kneeland is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McKinley is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Lower Chub Landing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Chub Landing is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chub Landing
- Waters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Johannesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Arbutus Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arbutus Beach is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbutus Beach
- Hetherton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hetherton is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
- Pearll City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pearll City is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
- Roscommon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Roscommon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Geels
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Geels is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geels
- Saint Helen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Higgins Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tent City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tent City is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent City
- Prudenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton Lake Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton Lake Heights is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake Heights
- Houghton Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nellsville is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eldorado, see our County-by-County Page for Eldorado.
Cemeteries Near Eldorado ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eldorado.
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 Eldorado - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eldorado covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ball Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pindus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Richfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rich Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Graves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Luzerne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fisk Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hughes Grave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stephan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Higgins Twp. Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (56 more) ...
- Union Corners Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pere Cheney Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Damon Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Eldorado in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eldorado.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eldorado, with the one closest to Eldorado listed first.
- Luzerne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Roscommon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Damon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Damon is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
- Pere Cheney has also been known as:
- Center Plains
- Cheney
- Mio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Helen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grayling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ogemaw Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
- Frederic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Campbells Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Prudenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Waters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eldorado. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eldorado.
Newspapers Published in Eldorado ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eldorado.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eldorado, 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 Eldorado.
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 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 Eldorado:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcona County
- Iosco County
- Kalkaska County
- Missaukee County
- Montmorency County
- Ogemaw County
- Oscoda County
- Otsego County
- Roscommon 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 Eldorado, 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 from Point A (ie- Eldorado) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |