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 Estey (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 Estey. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Estey is located in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Isabella, Midland, Ogemaw & Roscommon.
Below are the counties that are near Estey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Estey:
- Gladwin County (The home county of Estey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Rhodes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Highwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- White Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Star is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Star
- Wooden Shoe Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wooden Shoe Village is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Shoe Village
- Beaverton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gladwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Rapids
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Rapids is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Rapids
- Butman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butman is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butman
- Arenac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Standish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saganing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Saganing is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saganing
- Whites Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
- Pine River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine River is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Arenac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Melita
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melita is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
- Omer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Maple Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Twining
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twining is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Au Gres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Bay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Mount Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Forest is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
- Nine Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nine Mile is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Bentley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bentley is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Duel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Duel is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duel
- Pinconning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Willard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Willard is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Seidlers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seidlers is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidlers
- Linwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brissette Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brissette Beach is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brissette Beach
- Fisherville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fisherville is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clare County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Meredith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meredith is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Clare
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Allendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allendale is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Hatton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Gratiot County
- North Wheeler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wheeler
- Isabella County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Loomis
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Loomis is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Vernon City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vernon City is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon City
- Alembic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alembic is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alembic
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Rosebush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edenville is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Averill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Averill is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Midland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sanford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Bradley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Bradley is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradley
- Alamando
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alamando is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamando
- Coleman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Porter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Porter is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Ryan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ryan is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Redstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redstone is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Ogemaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Greenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Skidway Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prescott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Campbells Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
- Ogemaw Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
- Saginaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Freeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dice is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
- Iva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iva is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Kochville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kochville is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kochville
- Melbourne ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Melbourne is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Frost
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Zilwaukee city
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zilwaukee city is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zilwaukee city
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Estey, see our County-by-County Page for Estey.
Cemeteries Near Estey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Estey.
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 Estey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Estey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Rhodes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Forest Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Billings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gibson Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Bombay Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arbutus Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edenville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Estey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Estey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Estey, with the one closest to Estey listed first.
- Rhodes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Mount Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Forest is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
- Nine Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nine Mile is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edenville is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Pinconning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Worth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Worth is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Beaverton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Willard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Willard is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Standish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Averill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Averill is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Linwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- McClure
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McClure is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure
- Gladwin
(15 miles [24.1 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 Estey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Estey.
Newspapers Published in Estey ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Estey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Estey, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Estey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Estey:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Gladwin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arenac County
- Bay County
- Clare County
- Gratiot County
- Isabella County
- Midland County
- Ogemaw County
- Saginaw 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 Estey, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Estey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |