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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 Masonville (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 Masonville. 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 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.

Masonville 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 Masonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Masonville:

  • Delta County     (The home county of Masonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Masonville, with the one closest to Masonville listed first.
    • Rapid River
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Garth
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Garth is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garth
    • Kipling
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kipling is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
    • Maplewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Maplewood is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Gladstone
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Chaison
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chaison is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaison
    • Brampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Brampton is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Perkins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Perkins is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Beaver
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Beaver is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Lambert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lambert is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
    • Groos
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Groos is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groos
    • Chandler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Chandler is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Larch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Larch is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larch
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Masonville, with the one closest to Masonville listed first.
    • Trenary
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Diffin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Diffin is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diffin
    • Traunik
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Dorsey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Dorsey is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
    • Chatham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Eben Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Rumely
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Rumely is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
    • Slapneck ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Slapneck is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Masonville, with the one closest to Masonville listed first.
    • Watson ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Watson is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • McFarland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • McFarland is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
      • McFarland has also been known as:
      • McFarlands
    • Helena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Helena is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Arnold
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Carlshend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Carlshend is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlshend
    • Reade
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Reade is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reade
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Masonville, with the one closest to Masonville listed first.
    • Perronville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Perronville is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perronville
    • Dryads ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Dryads is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryads
    • Harris
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Indiantown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Indiantown is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
      • Indiantown has also been known as:
      • Indian Town
    • LaBranche
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • LaBranche is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche
    • Wilson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilson is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Spalding
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Spalding is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
    • Powers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Schoolcraft County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Masonville, with the one closest to Masonville listed first.
    • Cooks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Elkhorn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn

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

Cemeteries Near Masonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Masonville.

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

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

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

  • Garth Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • McLeod Grave
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rapid River Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Fernwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Perkins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bay de Noc Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Flat Rock Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Garden of Rest Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnston Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ogontz Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dutch Mill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lakewood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • Flat Rock Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Jacques' Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Masonville had a population of 110 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Rapid River
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Kipling
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kipling is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
  • Gladstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Brampton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Brampton is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
  • Ensign
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ensign is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
  • West Gladstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Gladstone is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gladstone
  • Perkins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Perkins is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
  • Beaver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • North Escanaba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • North Escanaba is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
  • Ogontz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ogontz is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
  • Campbell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Campbell is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
  • Wells
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wells is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Flat Rock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Escanaba
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Masonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Masonville.

Newspapers Published in Masonville ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Masonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Masonville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Masonville.

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 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 Masonville:

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