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 Hammell 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 Hammell 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 Hammell 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 Hammell Beach: Hammell Bch.
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 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.
Hammell Beach is located in Arenac 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 Arenac County: Bay, Gladwin, Iosco & Ogemaw.
Below are the counties that are near Hammell Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hammell Beach:
- Arenac County (The home county of Hammell Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Harmon City Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harmon City Heights is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon City Heights
- Au Gres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Twining
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Twining is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Omer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Arenac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Pine River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Maple Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Whites Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
- Saganing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saganing is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saganing
- Standish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melita is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
- Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Pinconning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Nine Mile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nine Mile is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Bentley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bentley is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Mount Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Forest is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Caseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Port
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ora Labora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ora Labora is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora Labora
- Ora Labora has also been known as:
- Ora et Labora
- Valley Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Valley Island is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Island
- Berne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Berne is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Pigeon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sebewaing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kilmanagh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kilmanagh is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmanagh
- Port Crescent ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Port Crescent is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Crescent
- Pinnebog
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinnebog is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnebog
- Elkton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Port Austin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Owendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iosco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Tawas City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- National City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- East Tawas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whittemore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wilber is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
- Hale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Foote Site Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Foote Site Village is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Site Village
- Sid Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sid Town is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
- Au Sable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Au Sable is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Au Sable
- Oscoda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Junction is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Junction
- Ogemaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Prescott
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Skidway Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Tuscola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Bay Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bay Park is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Park
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hammell Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Hammell Beach.
Cemeteries Near Hammell Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hammell 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 Hammell Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hammell Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Whitney Sims Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sims Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Linwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Au Gres.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #946 <2>
- Alabaster Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Indian Burial Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Immaculate Heart of Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Gardens Cemetery
- The Memory Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tawas City Cemetery
- Tawas City Memory Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1063 <2>
- Pine Top Rest Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Johnson Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- American Legion Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Farm Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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 Hammell Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hammell Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hammell Beach, with the one closest to Hammell Beach listed first.
- Au Gres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alabaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alabaster is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
- McIvor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McIvor is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIvor
- Tawas City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Tawas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Omer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Whittemore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arenac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Maple Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Caseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Prescott
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bay Port
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Standish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wilber is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
- Melita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melita is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hammell Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hammell Beach.
Newspapers Published in Hammell 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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hammell Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hammell Beach, 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 Hammell Beach.
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 Hammell Beach:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Arenac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bay County
- Huron County
- Iosco County
- Ogemaw County
- Tuscola 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 Hammell Beach, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hammell Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |