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 Oak Shade Park (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 Oak Shade Park. 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 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.
Oak Shade Park is located in Lenawee 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 Lenawee County: Hillsdale, Jackson, Monroe, Washtenaw, Fulton (OH) & Lucas (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Oak Shade Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Shade Park:
- Lenawee County (The home county of Oak Shade Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Cambridge Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Onsted
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Devils Lake is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Lake
- Cement City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,287 people
- Addison Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Manitou Beach - Devils Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manitou Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Addison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adrian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rollin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Somerset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Somerset Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Jerome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Moscow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Locust Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- North Adams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Pittsford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osseo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Prattville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Lickly Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Shadyside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Mosherville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Hillsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Fitchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fitchburg is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Stockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Leslie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Napoleon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fishville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fishville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Clarklake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grass Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Leoni
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leoni is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoni
- Michigan Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vandercook Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vandercook Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook Lake
- South Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jackson
- Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,374 people
- Former name for Jackson:
- Jacksonopolis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Trist
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Trist is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trist
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Unadilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Unadilla is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
- Chalkerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Hell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <1>
- Kaiserville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Gregory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Pinckney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plainfield is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Cone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Azalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Azalia is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Petersburg Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Diann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Diann is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diann
- Federman ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Federman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federman
- Oakville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Hollow is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Hollow
- Rowes Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rowes Corner is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Corner
- Bridgewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Saline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dexter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Village
- Ann Arbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delhi Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delhi Mills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Mills
- Hudson Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson Mills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Mills
- Barton Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Hills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Fulton County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Denson ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Denson is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Lyons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Oakshade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Powers ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Powers is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Metamora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Advance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Siney ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Siney is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Lucas County (OH)
- Berkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Shade Park, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Shade Park.
Cemeteries Near Oak Shade Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Shade Park.
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 Oak Shade Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Shade Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Springville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cambridge Junction Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Shade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wisner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Norvell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Briggs Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sanford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hand Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- North Rome Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bates Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
While we didn't find Oak Shade Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Shade Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Shade Park, with the one closest to Oak Shade Park listed first.
- Springville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Onsted
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Tipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Devils Lake is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Lake
- Napoleon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Addison Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,287 people
- River Raisin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- River Raisin is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Raisin
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Manitou Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Addison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Shade Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Shade Park.
Newspapers Published in Oak Shade Park ...
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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Shade Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Shade Park, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Shade Park.
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 Oak Shade Park:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Lenawee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsdale County
- Ingham County
- Jackson County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Washtenaw County
- Fulton County
- Lucas 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 Oak Shade Park, 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- Oak Shade Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |