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 Lost Lake Woods (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 Lost Lake Woods. 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 Lost Lake Woods ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lost Lake Woods: Lost Lk. Woods
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Lost Lake Woods is located in Alcona County.
To see how the shape of Michigan's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alcona County: Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw & Oscoda.
Below are the counties that are near Lost Lake Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lost Lake Woods:
- Alcona County (The home county of Lost Lake Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost Lake Woods, with the one closest to Lost Lake Woods listed first.
- Spruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alcona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Black River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gustin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gustin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustin
- Gustin is located in Alcona County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gustin
- From Lost Lake Woods to Gustin
- Harrisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barton City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springport
- Springport is located in Alcona County
- Mikado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Curran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alpena County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost Lake Woods, with the one closest to Lost Lake Woods listed first.
- Ossineke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hubbard Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alpena Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alpena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Herron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McHarg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flanders
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lachine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lachine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lachine
- Lachine is located in Alpena County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lachine <1>
- Cathro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cathro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathro
- Cathro is located in Alpena County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cathro
- From Lost Lake Woods to Cathro
- Long Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iosco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost Lake Woods, with the one closest to Lost Lake Woods listed first.
- Lincoln Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Foote Site Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foote Site Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Site Village
- Foote Site Village is located in Iosco County
- Sid Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sid Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
- Sid Town is located in Iosco County
- Au Sable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oscoda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscoda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscoda
- Oscoda is located in Iosco County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oscoda <1>
- Wilber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilber. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
- Wilber is located in Iosco County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wilber
- From Lost Lake Woods to Wilber
- Montmorency County
- Hillman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oscoda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost Lake Woods, with the one closest to Lost Lake Woods listed first.
- McKinley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Fairview is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
- Presque Isle County
- Leroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lost Lake Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Lost Lake Woods.
Cemeteries Near Lost Lake Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lost Lake Woods.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lost Lake Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lost Lake Woods, with the one closest to Lost Lake Woods listed first.
- Caledonia Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Flowers Grave
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flowers Grave
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flowers Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flowers Grave is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the east of Spruce.
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Catherine's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherine's Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Catherine's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sanborn Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanborn Twp. Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanborn Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- German Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Anne Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anne Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Harrisville.
- The St. Anne Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Annes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1575 <4>
- Westlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbard Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hubbard Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (37 more) ...
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springport Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mikado Twp. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<7>
While we didn't find Lost Lake Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lost Lake Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lost Lake Woods, with the one closest to Lost Lake Woods listed first.
- Alcona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Black River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ossineke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gustin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gustin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustin
- Gustin is located in Alcona County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gustin
- From Lost Lake Woods to Gustin
- Hubbard Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mikado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Curran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alpena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bryant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Bryant is located in Alcona County
- Au Sable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oscoda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscoda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscoda
- Oscoda is located in Iosco County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oscoda <1>
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Flanders
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilber. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
- Wilber is located in Iosco County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wilber
- From Lost Lake Woods to Wilber
- Long Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lost Lake Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lost Lake Woods.
Newspapers Published in Lost Lake Woods ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lost Lake Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lost Lake Woods, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lost Lake Woods.
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 Lost Lake Woods:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Alcona County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alpena County
- Iosco County
- Montmorency County
- Oscoda County
- Presque Isle County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lost Lake Woods. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lost Lake Woods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lost Lake Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7772, Longitude: -83.4244 |
<6> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Greenbush and Harrisville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<7> | 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 Lost Lake Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |