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 Sharps Corners (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 Sharps Corners. 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 Sharps Corners ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Sharps Corners: Sharps Cors.
- While the name of this community is Sharps Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sharps Corners may originally have been Sharp's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sharps Corners might be written as Sharp Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sharps Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sharps Corners.
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 hospitals and 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.
Sharps Corners is located in Roscommon 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 Roscommon County: Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw & Oscoda.
Below are the counties that are near Sharps Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharps Corners:
- Roscommon County (The home county of Sharps Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Hillcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Roscommon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houghton Lake Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton Lake Heights is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake Heights
- Tent City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tent City is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent City
- Prudenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Houghton Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nellsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nellsville is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellsville
- Geels
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Geels is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geels
- Saint Helen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clare County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Meredith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Meredith is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Allendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allendale is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Deerheart Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deerheart Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerheart Valley
- Skyline Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Skyline Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Village
- Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
- Pere Cheney has also been known as:
- Center Plains
- Cheney
- Rasmus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rasmus is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rasmus
- Grayling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McIntyre Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McIntyre Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Landing
- Bucks
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bucks is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
- Frederic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Deward ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deward is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deward
- Gladwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Butman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butman is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butman
- Sugar Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Rapids is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Rapids
- Kalkaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Fletcher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Sharon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sharon has also been known as:
- Big Oley
- Jam One
- Angling
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Angling is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angling
- Sigma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sigma is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigma
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Deibert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Deibert is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deibert
- Missaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stratford is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Merritt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moorestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
- Star City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Star City is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Stittsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stittsville is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stittsville
- Cutcheon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
- Falmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vogel Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vogel Center is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel Center
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McBain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jennings is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Ogemaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Ogemaw Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
- Damon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Damon is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- West Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Campbells Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
- Fayettes Corner ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fayettes Corner is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayettes Corner
- Rose City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oscoda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Luzerne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharps Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Sharps Corners.
Cemeteries Near Sharps Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharps Corners.
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 Sharps Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharps Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Markey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gerrish Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Higgins Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heidemann Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roscommon Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prudenville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pere Cheney Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maple Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Park Indian Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (75 more) ...
- Richfield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Star City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Sharps Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sharps Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharps Corners, with the one closest to Sharps Corners listed first.
- Roscommon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houghton Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prudenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
- Pere Cheney has also been known as:
- Center Plains
- Cheney
- Saint Helen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Star City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Star City is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Fletcher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Moorestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
- Grayling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moddersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moddersville is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moddersville
- Stittsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stittsville is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stittsville
- Meredith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Meredith is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ogemaw Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
- Cutcheon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
- Butman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butman is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharps Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharps Corners.
Newspapers Published in Sharps Corners ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharps Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharps Corners, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharps Corners.
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 Sharps Corners:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Roscommon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clare County
- Crawford County
- Gladwin County
- Kalkaska County
- Missaukee County
- Ogemaw County
- Oscoda County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Sharps Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sharps Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |