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 Pine Ridge (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 Pine Ridge. 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 Pine Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Ridge: Pine Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pine Rdge. or Pine Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Ridge.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pine Ridge 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 Pine Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Ridge:
- Delta County (The home county of Pine Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Hyde
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hyde is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Narenta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Narenta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narenta
- Ford River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ford River is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
- Escanaba
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wells
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Groos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Groos is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groos
- Larch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Larch is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larch
- Bark River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Schaffer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Schaffer is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
- Lambert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chandler is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Watson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reade is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reade
- McFarland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McFarland is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- McFarland has also been known as:
- McFarlands
- Northland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Harris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Perronville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perronville is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perronville
- Indiantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Indiantown is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown has also been known as:
- Indian Town
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dryads ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dryads is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryads
- Spalding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spalding is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
- LaBranche
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- LaBranche is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche
- Powers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nadeau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nadeau is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadeau
- Hermansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hermansville is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansville
- Carney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blom is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blom
- Door County (WI)
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Door County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Pine Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Ridge.
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 Pine Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- West Ford River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ford River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Escanaba.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #905 <2>
- Garden of Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schaffer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bark River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Ford River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Fork River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Lakewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pine Ridge had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Hyde
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hyde is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Narenta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Narenta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narenta
- Ford River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ford River is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
- Escanaba
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wells
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- North Escanaba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Escanaba is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
- Bark River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Schaffer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Schaffer is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
- Eustis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eustis is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- West Gladstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Gladstone is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gladstone
- Indiantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Indiantown is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown has also been known as:
- Indian Town
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gladstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Houle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Houle is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houle
- Houle has also been known as:
- Houles
- Whitney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Pine Ridge ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Ridge, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Ridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pine Ridge:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Delta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Marquette County
- Menominee County
- Door 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 Pine Ridge, 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- Pine Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |