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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 Frankentrost (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 Frankentrost. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Frankentrost is located in Saginaw 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 Saginaw County: Bay, Clinton, Genesee, Gratiot, Midland, Shiawassee & Tuscola.

Below are the counties that are near Frankentrost. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frankentrost:

  • Saginaw County     (The home county of Frankentrost)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • Blumfield Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Blumfield Corners is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumfield Corners
    • Frankenmuth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Buena Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Buena Vista is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Reese
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Reese is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reese <1>
    • Carrollton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carrollton is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
    • Crow Island ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
    • Saginaw
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Saginaw is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,823 people
      • Former names for Saginaw:
      • East Saginaw
      • Saginaw City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saginaw <1>
    • Zilwaukee city
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Zilwaukee city is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zilwaukee city
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
    • Melbourne ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Melbourne is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
    • Kochville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kochville is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kochville
    • Birch Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Paines
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Paines is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • Munger
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Brooks ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooks is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Frankenlust
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Frankenlust is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenlust
    • Bay City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Amelith
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Amelith is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelith
    • Salzburg ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Salzburg is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salzburg
    • Essexville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wenona ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wenona is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
    • West Bay City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • West Bay City is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay City
      • West Bay City has also been known as:
      • West Bank City
    • Banks ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Banks is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Banks has also been known as:
      • Bangor
      • Bank City
    • Wenona Beach ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Wenona Beach is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona Beach
    • Kawkawlin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Auburn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • Farrandville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Farrandville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandville
    • Clio
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Clio is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <1>
    • Montrose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Brent Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Brent Creek is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Creek
    • Mount Morris
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Otisville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Beecher
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Beecher is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher
    • Genesee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Flushing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Russellville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Russellville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Flint
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Flint is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flint <1>
    • Burton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Davison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Huron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • Sebewaing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bach is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bach
  • Lapeer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • Otter Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbiaville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Silverwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Barnes Lake - Millers Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Midland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • Midland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ryan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Ryan is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
  • Shiawassee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • New Lothrop
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Juddville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Juddville is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville
    • Lennon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Henderson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.
    • Richville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Denmark Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Denmark Junction is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark Junction
    • Tuscola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Vassar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Gilford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilford is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilford
    • Watrousville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Watrousville is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrousville
    • Fairgrove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Millington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Juniata
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Juniata is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
    • Wahjamega
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Wahjamega is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahjamega
    • Akron
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Caro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Caro is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caro <1>
    • Bay Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bay Park is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Park

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frankentrost, see our County-by-County Page for Frankentrost.

Cemeteries Near Frankentrost ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frankentrost.

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 Frankentrost - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frankentrost covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.

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 Frankentrost in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frankentrost.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Frankentrost, with the one closest to Frankentrost listed first.

  • Bridgeport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Frankenmuth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Richville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Buena Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Buena Vista is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Denmark Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Denmark Junction is located in Tuscola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark Junction
  • Reese
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Reese is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reese <1>
  • Munger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Crow Island ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
  • Carrollton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Carrollton is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
  • Saginaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Saginaw is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,823 people
    • Former names for Saginaw:
    • East Saginaw
    • Saginaw City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saginaw <1>
  • Tuscola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Zilwaukee city
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Zilwaukee city is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zilwaukee city
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fosters
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fosters is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters
    • Melbourne ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Melbourne is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
    • Birch Run
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Frankentrost. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frankentrost.

Newspapers Published in Frankentrost ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frankentrost.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frankentrost, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frankentrost.

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 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 Frankentrost:

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 Frankentrost, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frankentrost) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.