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 Rosebud (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 Rosebud. 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 northeast 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 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.
Rosebud is located in Rosebud 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 Rosebud County: Big Horn, Custer, Garfield, Musselshell, Petroleum, Powder River, Treasure & Yellowstone.
Below are the counties that are near Rosebud. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosebud:
- Rosebud County (The home county of Rosebud)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Forsyth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forsyth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
- Forsyth is located in Rosebud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <2>
- Colstrip
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colstrip
- Colstrip is located in Rosebud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colstrip <2>
- Custer County
- Miles City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles City
- Miles City is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,181 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles City <2>
- Miles City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosebud, see our County-by-County Page for Rosebud.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Rosebud ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosebud.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Rosebud. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Rosebud and those printed in the larger area surrounding Rosebud.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Rosebud.
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 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 Rosebud:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Montana Historical Society
- Pages specific to Rosebud County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Custer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Custer County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Montana
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Montana
- Cemeteries of Rosebud County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Montana
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Montana
- Cemeteries of Rosebud County
Cemeteries Near Rosebud ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosebud.
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 Rosebud covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Rosebud Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosebud Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosebud Cemetery
- Forsyth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forsyth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forsyth Cemetery
- Hathaway Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hathaway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hathaway Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
- Colstrip Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colstrip Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colstrip Cemetery
- Ft. Keogh Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Keogh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Keogh Cemetery
- Bean Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bean Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bean Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20756 <5>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rosebud had a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Albright ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Hathaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Forsyth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forsyth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
- Forsyth is located in Rosebud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <2>
- Sabra ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Sadie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Horton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Howard ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Lee ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Garland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosebud. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosebud.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rosebud. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.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 '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- Rosebud) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rosebud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2746, Longitude: -106.4446 |
| <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 Rosebud, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |