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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 Lummi Island (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 Lummi Island. 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 Lummi Island ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lummi Island: Lummi Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' 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 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.

Lummi Island is located in Whatcom County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whatcom County: Okanogan, San Juan & Skagit.

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

  • Whatcom County     (The home county of Lummi Island)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lummi Island, with the one closest to Lummi Island listed first.
    • Lummi
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
      • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
    • Chuckanut Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chuckanut Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Village
      • Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
    • Bellingham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ferndale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kickerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickerville
      • Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
    • Geneva
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Whatcom County
    • Birch Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Custer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sudden Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
      • Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
    • Blaine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lynden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Everson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Acme
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Island County
    • Oak Harbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • San Juan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lummi Island, with the one closest to Lummi Island listed first.
    • Olga
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastsound
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Orcas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Decatur Island
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Deer Harbor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldron
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
      • Waldron is located in San Juan County
    • Shaw Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
      • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
    • Lopez Island
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
      • Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
    • Lopez
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
      • Lopez is located in San Juan County
    • Friday Harbor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Argyle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
      • Argyle is located in San Juan County
    • Roche Harbor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • False Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Skagit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lummi Island, with the one closest to Lummi Island listed first.
    • Urban
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
      • Urban is located in Skagit County
    • Indian Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Skagit County
    • Anacortes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Edison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
      • Edison is located in Skagit County
    • Alexander Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Beach
      • Alexander Beach is located in Skagit County
    • Alger
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
      • Alger is located in Skagit County
    • Bow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Similk Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Similk Beach
      • Similk Beach is located in Skagit County
    • Bay View
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
      • Bay View is located in Skagit County
    • Snee Oosh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snee Oosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snee Oosh
      • Snee Oosh is located in Skagit County
    • Swinomish Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swinomish Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinomish Village
      • Swinomish Village is located in Skagit County
    • Burlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • La Conner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Lummi Island ...

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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lummi Island.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lummi Island, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lummi Island.

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 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 Lummi Island:

Cemeteries Near Lummi Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lummi Island.

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 Lummi Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lummi Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lummi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lummi Cemetery
  • Olga - Doe Bay Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnyland Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunnyland Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyland Memorial Park
  • Greenacres Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bayview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Bellingham.
    • The Bayview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bay View Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76707 <4>
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ferndale.
    • The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Paradise Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77126 <4>
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Eden Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Cemetery
  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enterprise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enterprise Cemetery
  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • Haynie Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haynie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haynie Cemetery
    • Bow Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bow Cemetery
    • Lynden Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Beach is located in Whatcom County
  • Lummi
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
    • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
  • Marietta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
  • Doe Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Bay
    • Doe Bay is located in San Juan County
  • Fairhaven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
    • Fairhaven is located in Whatcom County
  • Brennan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brennan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennan
    • Brennan is located in Whatcom County
  • Mountain View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Whatcom County
  • Olga
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellingham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Eastsound
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Chuckanut
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chuckanut have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut
    • Chuckanut is located in Whatcom County
  • Silver Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
    • Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Laurel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
      • Laurel is located in Whatcom County
    • Birch Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Guemes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guemes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guemes
      • Guemes is located in Skagit County

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

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

The official website for Whatcom County: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Lummi Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lummi Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7250, Longitude: -122.6863    
<4>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.
<5>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 Lummi Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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