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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 High Banks (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 High Banks. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

High Banks is located in Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County: Charlevoix, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego & Presque Isle.

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

  • Cheboygan County     (The home county of High Banks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Banks, with the one closest to High Banks listed first.
    • Cheboygan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Mullett Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
    • Black Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake
    • Silver Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
    • Point Nipigon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Point Nipigon is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Nipigon
      • Point Nipigon has also been known as:
      • Point Nip-i-gon
    • Long Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
    • Veery Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
    • Riggsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
    • Tower
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tower is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
    • Giauque Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
    • Topinabee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fingerboard Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
  • Chippewa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Banks, with the one closest to High Banks listed first.
    • Goetzville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • De Tour Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Emmet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Banks, with the one closest to High Banks listed first.
    • Carp Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mackinaw City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Levering
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Pellston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Van
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Van is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
    • Brutus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Alanson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bliss
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bliss is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
    • Ponshewaing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponshewaing is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponshewaing
  • Mackinac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Banks, with the one closest to High Banks listed first.
    • Pointe Aux Pins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mackinac Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Port Dolomite
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Port Dolomite is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dolomite
    • Cedarville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • British Landing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • British Landing is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Landing
    • Hessel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Saint Ignace
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pontchartrain Shores
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pontchartrain Shores is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontchartrain Shores
  • Presque Isle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Banks, with the one closest to High Banks listed first.
    • Black Lake Bluffs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Black Lake Bluffs is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Bluffs
    • Huron Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Huron Beach is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Beach
    • Ocqueoc
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
    • Onaway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Onaway is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onaway <1>
    • Millersburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Moltke
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Moltke is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltke
    • Rogers City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Calcite
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Calcite is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
    • Hawks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hawks is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks

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

Cemeteries Near High Banks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of High Banks.

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 High Banks - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Owens Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Black Lake State Forest Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Johnson Grave
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Olive Church Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • McRae Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (72 more) ...
    • Polish Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Devereaux Grave
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Reuther's Graves
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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.<2>

While we didn't find High Banks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of High Banks.

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

  • Manning
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Manning is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
  • Cheboygan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pointe Aux Pins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mullett Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
  • Riggsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
  • Ocqueoc
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
  • Topinabee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Onaway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Onaway is located in Presque Isle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onaway <1>
  • Freedom
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Mackinac Island
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
  • Indian River
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Carp Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cedarville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Mackinaw City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pellston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around High Banks. See our List of 1890's Communities around High Banks.

Newspapers Published in High Banks ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around High Banks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of High Banks, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for High Banks.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 High Banks:

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>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 High Banks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- High Banks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.