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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 Limestone (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 Limestone. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Limestone is located in Alger 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 Alger County: Delta, Luce, Marquette & Schoolcraft.

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

  • Alger County     (The home county of Limestone)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limestone, with the one closest to Limestone listed first.
    • Traunik
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Traunik is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traunik
      • Former names for Traunik:
      • Buckeye Landing
      • Buckeye Spur
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Traunik <1>
    • Trenary
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chatham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Eben Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Slapneck ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Slapneck is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
    • Diffin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Diffin is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diffin
    • Rumely
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rumely is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
    • Dorsey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dorsey is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
    • Au Train
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Munising Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Munising Junction is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
    • Onota
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Onota is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
    • Deerton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limestone, with the one closest to Limestone listed first.
    • Osier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Osier is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
    • Lathrop
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lathrop is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
    • Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Trombly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Trombly is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trombly
      • Trombly has also been known as:
      • Trombley
    • Maplewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Maplewood is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Perkins
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Perkins is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Beaver
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaver is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Brampton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Brampton is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Rapid River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Saint Nicholas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Nicholas is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
    • Garth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Garth is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garth
    • Saint Jacques
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Saint Jacques is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jacques
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limestone, with the one closest to Limestone listed first.
    • Carlshend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Carlshend is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlshend
    • New Dalton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New Dalton is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dalton
    • Skandia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Helena is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • McFarland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • McFarland is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
      • McFarland has also been known as:
      • McFarlands
    • Little Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gwinn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Harvey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sands
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sands is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
    • Austin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Austin is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Gentian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gentian is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentian
    • Watson ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Watson is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
  • Schoolcraft County
    • Steuben
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben

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

Cemeteries Near Limestone ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Limestone.

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 Limestone - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Limestone Twp. Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mathias Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Au Train Twp. Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Trudell Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hillview Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Dutch Mill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lathrop Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Deerton Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Munising Twp. Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Reilly's Graves
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Haglund Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • UMC Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Limestone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Limestone.

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

  • Au Train
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Onota
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Onota is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
  • Rock River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rock River is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
  • Lathrop
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lathrop is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
  • Deerton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • McFarland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • McFarland is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
    • McFarland has also been known as:
    • McFarlands
  • Munising
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Campbell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbell is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
  • Little Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Beaver
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Perkins
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Perkins is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gordon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gordon is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Swanzy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Swanzy is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
    • Shingleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Limestone ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Limestone.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Limestone, 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 Limestone.

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 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 Limestone:

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 Limestone, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Limestone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.