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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 Pori (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 Pori. 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 southeast 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 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.

Pori is located in Houghton 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 Houghton County: Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon & Ashland (WI).

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

  • Houghton County     (The home county of Pori)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pori, with the one closest to Pori listed first.
    • Nisula
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nisula is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisula
    • Hazel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hazel is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
    • Kenton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Kenton is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
    • Lake Roland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Lake Roland is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Roland
    • Sidnaw
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Elo is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
    • Toivola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Champion Mine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mine
    • Painesdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Painesdale is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painesdale
    • Baltic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Baltic is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
    • South Range
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Baraga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pori, with the one closest to Pori listed first.
    • Pelkie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Watton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Alberta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Alberta is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
    • Covington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Baraga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bear Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Town is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
    • L'Anse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Keweenaw Bay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Keweenaw Bay is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keweenaw Bay
    • Vermilac
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vermilac is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilac
    • Pequaming
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
  • Gogebic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pori, with the one closest to Pori listed first.
    • Fuller
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Fuller is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
    • Watersmeet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Ontonagon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pori, with the one closest to Pori listed first.
    • Rousseau
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Rousseau is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
    • Wasas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wasas is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasas
    • Wainola
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wainola is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainola
    • Mass City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Trout Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Gem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Gem is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
    • Paynesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
    • Bruce Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Agate
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Agate is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
    • Firesteel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Firesteel is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firesteel

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

Cemeteries Near Pori ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pori.

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 Pori - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pori covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Rousseau Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Henrys Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Henrys Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Henrys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Nisula.
    • The St. Henrys Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Nisula Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2273104 <2>
  • Irish Hollow Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Methodist Rose Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Alston Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Old Indian Burial Grounds
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Paynesville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Trout Creek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Kenton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Bruce Crossing Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Crossing Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bruce Crossing Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Bruce Crossing.
      • The Bruce Crossing Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hillside Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #190 <2>

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pori had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Greenland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Paynesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
  • Trout Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Kenton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Kenton is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
  • Bruce Crossing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sidnaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ewen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Ontonagon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Matchwood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Matchwood is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matchwood
  • Baraga
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Robbins
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • L'Anse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Vermilac
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vermilac is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilac
    • Tamarack
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Tamarack is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
      • Tamarack has also been known as:
      • Tamarack Lake

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

Newspapers Published in Pori ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pori.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pori, 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 Pori.

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 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 Pori:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pori) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Pori, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.