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 Hyde (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 Hyde. 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 hospitals and 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.
Hyde is located in Delta 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 Delta County: Alger, Marquette, Menominee & Schoolcraft.
Below are the counties that are near Hyde. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hyde:
- Delta County (The home county of Hyde)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hyde, with the one closest to Hyde listed first.
- Narenta
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Narenta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narenta
- Ford River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ford River is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
- Bark River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schaffer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schaffer is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
- Escanaba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Groos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Groos is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groos
- Larch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Larch is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larch
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chandler is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Lambert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Cornell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chaison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chaison is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaison
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hyde, with the one closest to Hyde listed first.
- Loretto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foster City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hyde, with the one closest to Hyde listed first.
- Watson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Arnold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reade is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reade
- Northland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McFarland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McFarland is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- McFarland has also been known as:
- McFarlands
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hyde, with the one closest to Hyde listed first.
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Perronville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perronville is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perronville
- Indiantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Indiantown is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown has also been known as:
- Indian Town
- Wilson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dryads ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dryads is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryads
- Powers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spalding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spalding is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
- LaBranche
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- LaBranche is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche
- Nadeau
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nadeau is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadeau
- Carney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hermansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hermansville is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansville
- Daggett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daggett is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Blom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blom is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blom
- Door County (WI)
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Door County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hyde, see our County-by-County Page for Hyde.
Cemeteries Near Hyde ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hyde.
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 Hyde - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hyde covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hyde, with the one closest to Hyde listed first.
- West Ford River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Schaffer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ford River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bark River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Escanaba.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #905 <2>
- Garden of Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Ford River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Fork River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hannahville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (54 more) ...
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harris 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hyde had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hyde, with the one closest to Hyde listed first.
- Narenta
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Narenta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narenta
- Pine Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Ford River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ford River is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
- Bark River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schaffer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schaffer is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
- Escanaba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- North Escanaba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Escanaba is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Eustis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eustis is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- Indiantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Indiantown is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown has also been known as:
- Indian Town
- Houle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Houle is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houle
- Houle has also been known as:
- Houles
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Gladstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Gladstone is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gladstone
- Whitney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Gladstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hyde. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hyde.
Newspapers Published in Hyde ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hyde.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hyde, 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 Hyde.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Hyde:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Delta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dickinson County
- Marquette County
- Menominee County
- Door 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 Hyde, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hyde) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |