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 National Mine (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 National Mine. 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.
National Mine is located in Marquette 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 Marquette County: Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron & Menominee.
Below are the counties that are near National Mine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to National Mine:
- Marquette County (The home county of National Mine)
- The following are listed by their distance from National Mine, with the one closest to National Mine listed first.
- Lake Angeline
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake Angeline is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Angeline
- Salisbury
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Salisbury is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Winthrop Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winthrop Junction is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Junction
- Ishpeming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Ishpeming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Ishpeming is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ishpeming
- North Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Lake is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lake
- Palmer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Palmer is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Negaunee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes - Hecker Mine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes - Hecker Mine is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes - Hecker Mine
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- South Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Greenwood is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenwood
- South Greenwood has also been known as:
- Greenwood Station
- Diorite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diorite is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diorite
- Diorite has also been known as:
- Diotrite
- Clarksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Alger County
- The following are listed by their distance from National Mine, with the one closest to National Mine listed first.
- Dorsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dorsey is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Deerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Baraga County
- Nestoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nestoria is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestoria
- Delta County
- Lathrop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lathrop is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from National Mine, with the one closest to National Mine listed first.
- Floodwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Floodwood is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
- Ralph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Turner is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Channing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to National Mine, see our County-by-County Page for National Mine.
Cemeteries Near National Mine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of National Mine.
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 National Mine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for National Mine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from National Mine, with the one closest to National Mine listed first.
- Ishpeming Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Negaunee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Northland Chapel Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland Chapel Gardens
- The Northland Chapel Gardens has also been known as:
- Northland Chapel Garden Cemetery
- Bakkala Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Humboldt Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sands Twp. Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
- The St. Johns Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Champion Village Cemetery
- Republic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Republic Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Republic.
- Park Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- The Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marquette Park Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gwinn Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Lutherans Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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 in 1895, National Mine had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from National Mine, with the one closest to National Mine listed first.
- Winthrop Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winthrop Junction is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Junction
- Ishpeming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Ishpeming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Ishpeming is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ishpeming
- Palmer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Palmer is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Negaunee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Eagle Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Diorite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diorite is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diorite
- Diorite has also been known as:
- Diotrite
- Clarksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Humboldt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Humboldt is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Clowry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Clowry is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clowry
- Sands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sands is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Champion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Republic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Republic is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Marquette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around National Mine. See our List of 1890's Communities around National Mine.
Newspapers Published in National Mine ...
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 National Mine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of National Mine, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for National Mine.
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 websites either 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 National Mine:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Marquette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alger County
- Baraga County
- Delta County
- Dickinson 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 National Mine, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- National Mine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |