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 Millersburg (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 Millersburg. 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 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 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.
Millersburg is located in Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County: Alpena, Cheboygan & Montmorency.
Below are the counties that are near Millersburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millersburg:
- Presque Isle County (The home county of Millersburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Ocqueoc
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
- Moltke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moltke is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltke
- Hawks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hawks is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks
- Onaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Huron Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Huron Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Beach
- Metz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Metz is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Black Lake Bluffs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Black Lake Bluffs is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Bluffs
- Hagensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hagensville is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagensville
- Rogers City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Calcite
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Calcite is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
- Liske
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Liske is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liske
- Posen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Alpena County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Long Rapids
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
- Flanders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flanders is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
- Lachine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cathro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cathro is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathro
- Herron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herron is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron
- McHarg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McHarg is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHarg
- Cheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Black Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake
- Tower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tower is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
- Fingerboard Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
- Afton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wolverine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Long Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Mullett Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Silver Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Veery Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
- Giauque Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
- Indian River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Topinabee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montmorency County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Canada Creek Ranch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canada Creek Ranch is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Creek Ranch
- Royston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Royston is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
- Hillman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Big Rock ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Bigelow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bigelow is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Vienna Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna Corners is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Corners
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Green Timbers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
- Hetherton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hetherton is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
- Johannesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millersburg, see our County-by-County Page for Millersburg.
Cemeteries Near Millersburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millersburg.
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 Millersburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millersburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ocqueoc Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bismarck Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. James' Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moltke Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Faith Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Faith Lutheran Cemetery is located in Hawks.
- The Faith Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #499 <2>
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Belknap Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Michael's Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Allis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Millersburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millersburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Ocqueoc
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
- Onaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hagensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hagensville is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagensville
- Rogers City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Posen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Manning
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Manning is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Hillman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Long Rapids
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
- Atlanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Big Rock ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Flanders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flanders is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
- Bolton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Trowbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Trowbridge is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Hetherton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hetherton is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
- Wolverine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millersburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millersburg.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Millersburg ...
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 Millersburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Millersburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Millersburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Millersburg.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Millersburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Millersburg:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Presque Isle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alpena County
- Cheboygan County
- Montmorency County
- Otsego 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 Millersburg, 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 from Point A (ie- Millersburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |