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 Trailtree Village (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 Trailtree Village. 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 Trailtree Village ...
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 Trailtree Village: Trailtree Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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.
Trailtree Village is located in Branch 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 Branch County: LaGrange (IN), Steuben (IN), Calhoun, Hillsdale & Saint Joseph.
Below are the counties that are near Trailtree Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trailtree Village:
- Branch County (The home county of Trailtree Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Coldwater
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quincy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Girard is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Hodunk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hodunk is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
- Fisher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Batavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Batavia is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Canada Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Hatmaker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Matteson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Matteson is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Union City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bronson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Tekonsha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Leroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
- Joppa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Marshall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ceresco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
- Beadle Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
- Marengo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Albion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sonoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Allen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Litchfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Reading
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mosherville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Steamburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Osseo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Frontier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- North Adams
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Arbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Devereaux
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Devereaux is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
- Parma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kalamazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Climax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Scotts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vicksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Colon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
- Factoryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
- Burr Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Leonidas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Findley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Findley is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Fawn River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Sturgis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nottawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wasepi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
- Centreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- DeKalb County (IN)
- Ashley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- LaGrange County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Greenfield Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Brighton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Mongo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Howe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plato
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Stroh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Gravel Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- LaGrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Ray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Fremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Orland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Angola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Alvarado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Russels Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Hamilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Northwest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northwest is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Cooney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Ainger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Jim Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Pioneer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trailtree Village, see our County-by-County Page for Trailtree Village.
Cemeteries Near Trailtree Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trailtree Village.
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 Trailtree Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trailtree Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Morse Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mason Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Coldwater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1032 <3>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Coldwater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1244 <3>
- Hurley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Quincy.
- The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #877 <3>
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ammerman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Card Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Trailtree Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trailtree Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trailtree Village, with the one closest to Trailtree Village listed first.
- Coldwater
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quincy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Girard is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Batavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Batavia is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Hodunk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hodunk is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
- South Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Butler is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Hatmaker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Algansee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Algansee is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algansee
- Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butler is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Tekonsha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Matteson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Matteson is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- California
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- California is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trailtree Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trailtree Village.
Newspapers Published in Trailtree Village ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trailtree Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trailtree Village, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trailtree Village.
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 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 Trailtree Village:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Branch County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Kalamazoo County
- Saint Joseph County
- DeKalb County
- LaGrange County
- Steuben County
- Williams 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Trailtree Village) 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 Trailtree Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |