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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 Ossawinamakee Beach (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 Ossawinamakee Beach. 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 Ossawinamakee Beach ...

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 Ossawinamakee Beach: Ossawinamakee Bch.

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Ossawinamakee Beach is located in Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft County: Alger, Delta, Luce & Mackinac.

Below are the counties that are near Ossawinamakee Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ossawinamakee Beach:

  • Schoolcraft County     (The home county of Ossawinamakee Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ossawinamakee Beach, with the one closest to Ossawinamakee Beach listed first.
    • Copenhagen Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen Beach
      • Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Manistique
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Minor Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Beach
      • Minor Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Elkhorn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Cooks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
      • Cooks is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooks <1>
    • Gulliver
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Steuben
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steuben have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
      • Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Parkington ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkington
      • Parkington is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Blaney Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blaney Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Junction
      • Blaney Junction is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Creighton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creighton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
      • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Walsh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walsh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
      • Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Germfask
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germfask
      • Germfask is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germfask <1>
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ossawinamakee Beach, with the one closest to Ossawinamakee Beach listed first.
    • Shingleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingleton
      • Shingleton is located in Alger County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shingleton <1>
    • Doty
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty
      • Doty is located in Alger County
    • Wetmore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ossawinamakee Beach, with the one closest to Ossawinamakee Beach listed first.
    • Garden Corners
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Corners
      • Garden Corners is located in Delta County
    • Isabella
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
      • Isabella is located in Delta County
    • Garden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Nahma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nahma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahma
      • Nahma is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nahma <1>
    • Saint Jacques
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jacques
      • Saint Jacques is located in Delta County
    • Devils Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Corner
      • Devils Corner is located in Delta County
    • Ogontz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogontz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
      • Ogontz is located in Delta County
    • Fayette ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Delta County
  • Mackinac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ossawinamakee Beach, with the one closest to Ossawinamakee Beach listed first.
    • Port Inland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Inland
      • Port Inland is located in Mackinac County
    • Huntspur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntspur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
      • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
      • Huntspur has also been known as:
      • Hunt Spur
    • Gould City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Curtis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Curtis is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Curtis <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Ossawinamakee Beach ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ossawinamakee Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ossawinamakee Beach, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ossawinamakee Beach.

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 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 Ossawinamakee Beach:

Cemeteries Near Ossawinamakee Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ossawinamakee Beach.

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 Ossawinamakee Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
  • Byers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byers Cemetery
  • Hiawatha Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hiawatha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiawatha Cemetery
  • Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
  • Cooks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooks Cemetery
  • Old Cooks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cooks Cemetery
  • Woods Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
  • New Garden Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Garden Cemetery
  • Farley Grave Site
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farley Grave Site have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farley Grave Site
  • Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Kates Bay Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kates Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kates Bay Cemetery
    • Isabella Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Isabella Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isabella Cemetery
    • Bailey Family Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bailey Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bailey Family Cemetery

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.<5>

While we didn't find Ossawinamakee Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ossawinamakee Beach.

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

  • Manistique
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Thompson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Thompson is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Cooks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
    • Cooks is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooks <1>
  • Gulliver
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Isabella
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
    • Isabella is located in Delta County
  • Garden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Nahma
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nahma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahma
    • Nahma is located in Delta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nahma <1>
  • Germfask
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germfask
    • Germfask is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germfask <1>
  • Creighton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creighton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
    • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Ogontz
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogontz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
    • Ogontz is located in Delta County
  • Shingleton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingleton
    • Shingleton is located in Alger County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shingleton <1>
  • Fayette ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Fayette is located in Delta County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Ensign
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ensign have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
      • Ensign is located in Delta County
    • Corinne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
      • Corinne is located in Mackinac County
    • Gould City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ossawinamakee Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ossawinamakee Beach.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ossawinamakee Beach. 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>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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ossawinamakee Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ossawinamakee Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9980, Longitude: -86.2938       In this case, the coordinates for Ossawinamakee Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Ossawinamakee Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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