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 Rapid City (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 Rapid City. 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.

Cemeteries Near Rapid City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rapid City.

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

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

• Rapid City Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rapid City Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226461 <1>
• St. George's Anglican Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George's Anglican Cemetery
• St. Saviour's Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Saviour's Cemetery
  • The St. Saviour's Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Saviour's Anglican Cemetery
• Pettapiece Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pettapiece Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2523853 <1>
• Rivers Mennonite Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rivers Mennonite Cemetery
• Smoland Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smoland Cemetery
• Cadurcis Presbyterian Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cadurcis Presbyterian Cemetery
• Rivers Community Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rivers Community Cemetery
  • The Rivers Community Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Rivers Cemetery
• Roseville Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roseville Cemetery
• Humesville Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humesville Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2473699 <1>
• Moore Park Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Park Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2553003 <1>
• Zion Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
• Continue List   (53 more) ...
  • Basswood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Basswood Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2523797 <1>
  • Minnedosa Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minnedosa Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1812461 <1>
  • Fairmount Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairmount Cemetery

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Rapid City:

• Websites specific to Manitoba
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Manitoba
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Manitoba
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Manitoba
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page