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 Leelanau Shores (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 Leelanau Shores. 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 Leelanau Shores ...
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 Leelanau Shores: Leelanau Shrs.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Leelanau Shores is located in Leelanau 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 Leelanau County: Benzie & Grand Traverse.
Below are the counties that are near Leelanau Shores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leelanau Shores:
- Leelanau County (The home county of Leelanau Shores)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Bingham
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bingham is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Schomberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schomberg is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
- Hatchs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hatchs is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs
- Bodus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bodus is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodus
- Isadore ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Isadore is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore
- Cedar
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Leelanau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Suttons Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Solon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solon is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Greilickville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greilickville is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greilickville
- Maple City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Manseau ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manseau is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manseau
- Antrim County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Elk Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kewadin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Eastport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellaire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Central Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Finkton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Finkton is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkton
- Mancelona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Benzie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Lake Ann
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bendon is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendon
- Platte River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Platte River is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte River
- Aral ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aral is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aral
- Aral has also been known as:
- Otter Creek
- Honor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wallin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wallin is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
- Griner Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Griner Station is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griner Station
- Griner Station has also been known as:
- Print
- Beulah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nessen City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nessen City is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nessen City
- Benzonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Charlevoix County
- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Grand Traverse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Mapleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Traverse City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Mission
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Angel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Angel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Angel has also been known as:
- Angel Station
- Angell Station
- Grawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Interlochen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Devils Elbow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Elbow is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
- Mabel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Tunk ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tunk is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunk
- Mayfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Karlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Karlin is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karlin
- Kalkaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Torch River
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
- Barker Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barker Creek is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Creek
- Rapid City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Boardman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fife Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kalkaska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westwood is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Manistee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Copemish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harlan is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Pomona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Wexford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Buckley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baxter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leelanau Shores, see our County-by-County Page for Leelanau Shores.
Cemeteries Near Leelanau Shores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leelanau Shores.
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 Leelanau Shores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leelanau Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Bingham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sutton Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heimforth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fouch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kilwy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grindstuen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Swedish Mission Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kasson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Solon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Leelanau Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leelanau Shores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leelanau Shores, with the one closest to Leelanau Shores listed first.
- Bingham
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bingham is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Keswick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keswick is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keswick
- Solon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solon is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Suttons Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Traverse City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mapleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Cedar Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Run is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Old Mission
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burdickville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burdickville is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Yuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Omena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Port Oneida ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Port Oneida is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Oneida
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leelanau Shores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leelanau Shores.
Newspapers Published in Leelanau Shores ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leelanau Shores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leelanau Shores, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leelanau Shores.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Leelanau Shores:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Leelanau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Antrim County
- Benzie County
- Charlevoix County
- Grand Traverse County
- Kalkaska County
- Manistee County
- Wexford 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> | 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 Leelanau Shores, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leelanau Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |