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 Bear Creek Summer Home Area (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 Bear Creek Summer Home Area. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Bear Creek Summer Home Area is located in Boise County.
To see how the shape of Idaho's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boise County: Ada, Custer, Elmore, Gem & Valley.
Below are the counties that are near Bear Creek Summer Home Area. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bear Creek Summer Home Area:
- Boise County (The home county of Bear Creek Summer Home Area)
- Lowman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowman
- Lowman is located in Boise County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowman <2>
- Lowman
- Blaine County
- Sawtooth City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawtooth City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawtooth City
- Sawtooth City is located in Blaine County
- Sawtooth City
- Custer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Summer Home Area, with the one closest to Bear Creek Summer Home Area listed first.
- Stanley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Stanley is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <2>
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Bonanza is located in Custer County
- Custer ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Summer Home Area, with the one closest to Bear Creek Summer Home Area listed first.
- Alturas City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alturas City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas City
- Alturas City is located in Elmore County
- Atlanta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Atlanta is located in Elmore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bear Creek Summer Home Area, see our County-by-County Page for Bear Creek Summer Home Area.
Cemeteries Near Bear Creek Summer Home Area ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bear Creek Summer Home Area.
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 Bear Creek Summer Home Area covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bear Creek Summer Home Area, with the one closest to Bear Creek Summer Home Area listed first.
- Stanley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sawtooth Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sawtooth Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sawtooth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bonanza Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bonanza Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bonanza Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the southwest of Stanley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2251795 <5>
- Boot Hill Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Bear Creek Summer Home Area in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bear Creek Summer Home Area.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bear Creek Summer Home Area, with the one closest to Bear Creek Summer Home Area listed first.
- Graham ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Banner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Atlanta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Atlanta is located in Elmore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <2>
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Bonanza is located in Custer County
- Custer ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 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 Bear Creek Summer Home Area. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bear Creek Summer Home Area.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bear Creek Summer Home Area:
- Websites specific to Idaho
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //history.idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives
- Pages specific to Boise County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blaine County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Custer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Elmore County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Blaine County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Idaho
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Idaho
- Cemeteries of Boise County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Idaho
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Idaho
- Cemeteries of Boise County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bear Creek Summer Home Area. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Boise County: www.co.boise.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Bear Creek Summer Home Area) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bear Creek Summer Home Area. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1666, Longitude: -115.1940 In this case, the coordinates for Bear Creek Summer Home Area have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bear Creek Summer Home Area, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |