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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Altyn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Altyn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Altyn, please Contact Us.

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 Altyn (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 Altyn. 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.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Altyn is historic, it would have been located within present day Glacier County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Glacier County: Flathead, Pondera & Toole.

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

  • Glacier County     (The home county of Altyn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Altyn, with the one closest to Altyn listed first.
    • Swiftcurrent
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftcurrent
      • Swiftcurrent is located in Glacier County
    • Rising Sun
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
      • Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
    • Babb
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Mary
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kiowa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Starr School
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starr School have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
      • Starr School is located in Glacier County
    • East Glacier Park Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Glacier Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Flathead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Altyn, with the one closest to Altyn listed first.
    • West Glacier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Polebridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

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 Altyn:

Cemeteries Near Altyn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Altyn.

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

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

  • Babb Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Schildt Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schildt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schildt Cemetery
  • Waterton National Park Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Beazer Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Caldwell - Moir Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Afterbuffalo Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Afterbuffalo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Afterbuffalo Cemetery
  • Earring Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Earring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Earring Cemetery
  • Taylorville Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Aetna Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Aetna Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Aetna (AB).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aetna Cemetery
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • East Glacier Park Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Glacier Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Glacier Park Cemetery
  • Cardston Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Altyn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<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.




 

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