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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 Sullivans Landing (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 Sullivans Landing. 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 Sullivans Landing ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Sullivans Landing: Sullivans Lndg. (or less commonly used: Sullivans Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Sullivans Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sullivans Landing may originally have been Sullivan's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sullivans Landing might be written as Sullivan Landing.

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.

Sullivans Landing is located in Alger 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 Alger County: Delta, Luce, Marquette & Schoolcraft.

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

  • Alger County     (The home county of Sullivans Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sullivans Landing, with the one closest to Sullivans Landing listed first.
    • Grand Marais
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Marais have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marais
      • Grand Marais is located in Alger County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Marais <3>
    • Melstrand
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melstrand
      • Melstrand is located in Alger County
    • Indian Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
      • Indian Town is located in Alger County
    • Shingleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Doty
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty
      • Doty is located in Alger County
    • Munising
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wetmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Munising Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Munising Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
      • Munising Junction is located in Alger County
  • Luce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sullivans Landing, with the one closest to Sullivans Landing listed first.
    • Deer Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
      • Deer Park is located in Luce County
    • Danaher
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danaher
      • Danaher is located in Luce County
    • Laketon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laketon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
      • Laketon is located in Luce County
  • Schoolcraft County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sullivans Landing, with the one closest to Sullivans Landing listed first.
    • Walsh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walsh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
      • Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Creighton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creighton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
      • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Seney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Germfask
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Sullivans Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sullivans Landing.

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 Sullivans Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boot Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Indian Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Island Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Island Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Grand Island Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Williams - Powell Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1351956 <5>
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Reilly's Graves
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reilly's Graves
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reilly's Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Munising Twp. Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Grand Marais
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Marais have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marais
    • Grand Marais is located in Alger County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Marais <3>
  • Creighton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creighton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
    • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Shingleton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Seney
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Munising
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Deer Park
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
    • Deer Park is located in Luce County

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

Newspapers Published in Sullivans Landing ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sullivans Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sullivans Landing, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sullivans Landing.

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 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 Sullivans Landing:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sullivans Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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>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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Sullivans Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sullivans Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sullivans Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6486, Longitude: -86.1966       In this case, the coordinates for Sullivans Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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