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 Freeman Landing (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 Freeman Landing. 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 Freeman Landing ...
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 Freeman Landing: Freeman Lndg. (or less commonly used: Freeman Lndng.)
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 hospitals and 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.
Freeman Landing is located in Marquette 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 Marquette County: Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron & Menominee.
Below are the counties that are near Freeman Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freeman Landing:
- Marquette County (The home county of Freeman Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeman Landing, with the one closest to Freeman Landing listed first.
- Forestville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Sugar Loaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Loaf is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf
- Buckroe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buckroe is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckroe
- Brookton Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brookton Corners is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton Corners
- Trowbridge Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trowbridge Park is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge Park
- Marquette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Negaunee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gentian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gentian is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentian
- Sands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sands is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Ishpeming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Angeline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Angeline is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Angeline
- Palmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Alger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeman Landing, with the one closest to Freeman Landing listed first.
- Deerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Onota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Onota is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
- Dorsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dorsey is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Rumely
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rumely is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
- Eben Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freeman Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Freeman Landing.
Cemeteries Near Freeman Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freeman Landing.
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 Freeman Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freeman Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freeman Landing, with the one closest to Freeman Landing listed first.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northland Chapel Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland Chapel Gardens
- The Northland Chapel Gardens has also been known as:
- Northland Chapel Garden Cemetery
- Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- The Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marquette Park Cemetery
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Negaunee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ishpeming Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sands Twp. Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Lutherans Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bay Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay Cemetery
- The Big Bay Cemetery has also been known as:
- Powell Twp. Cemetery
- West Branch Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- UMC Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haglund Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Clarksburg Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bakkala Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 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 Freeman Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Freeman Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freeman Landing, with the one closest to Freeman Landing listed first.
- Marquette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Negaunee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harvey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ishpeming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Sands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sands is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- West Ishpeming
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Ishpeming is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ishpeming
- Winthrop Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winthrop Junction is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Junction
- Gordon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- National Mine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- National Mine is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Mine
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Diorite
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Diorite is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diorite
- Diorite has also been known as:
- Diotrite
- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Plains is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freeman Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freeman Landing.
Newspapers Published in Freeman Landing ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freeman Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freeman Landing, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freeman Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Freeman Landing:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Marquette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Freeman Landing, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freeman Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |