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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 Snowshoe (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 Snowshoe. 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 Snowshoe ...

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.

Another variation: Snow Shoe.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Snowshoe. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Snowshoe.

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 northeast 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 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.

Snowshoe is located in Keweenaw County.

To see how the shape of Michigan's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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

  • Keweenaw County     (The home county of Snowshoe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowshoe, with the one closest to Snowshoe listed first.
    • Traverse
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Traverse is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
    • Gay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Gay is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
    • Fulton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fulton is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Mohawk
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ahmeek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Allouez
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Phoenix
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Phoenix is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
    • Central
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Central is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Wyoming
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyoming is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
    • Eagle Harbor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bete Grise
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bete Grise is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bete Grise
    • Mandan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mandan is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandan
  • Baraga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowshoe, with the one closest to Snowshoe listed first.
    • Skanee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pequaming
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
    • Keweenaw Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Keweenaw Bay is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keweenaw Bay
  • Houghton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowshoe, with the one closest to Snowshoe listed first.
    • Traverse Bay
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Traverse Bay is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse Bay
    • Copper City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Copper City is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Centennial
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Centennial is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
    • Kearsarge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lake Linden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wolverine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Wolverine is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
    • Hubbell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Centennial Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Centennial Heights is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Heights
    • Laurium
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Calumet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Tamarack
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Tamarack is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
    • Lakeview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Lakeview has also been known as:
      • Lake View

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

Cemeteries Near Snowshoe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snowshoe.

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

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

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

  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ahmeek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahmeek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ahmeek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Ahmeek.
    • The Ahmeek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12 <3>
  • Centennial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hecla Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cliff Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cliff Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Waasa Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • American Legion Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Forest Hill Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacobsville Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 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 Snowshoe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Snowshoe.

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

  • Lake Linden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Allouez
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Osceola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Osceola is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Tamarack
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Tamarack is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
  • Swedetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Swedetown is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
  • Phoenix
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Phoenix is located in Keweenaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
  • Eagle River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Boston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Boston is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Dollar Bay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ripley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ripley is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
  • Eagle Harbor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Hancock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Houghton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Oskar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Oskar is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oskar
    • Chassell
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Snowshoe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Snowshoe.

Newspapers Published in Snowshoe ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Snowshoe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snowshoe, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snowshoe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Snowshoe:

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>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- Snowshoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Snowshoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.