A visit to the Lightner Baby Grave ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Lightner Baby Grave ...
The Lightner Baby Grave is located in Morrison County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Camp Ripley Mounds
- The Camp Ripley Mounds is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ripley Mounds
- Crow Wing River Cemetery
- Ft. Ripley Cemetery
- The Ft. Ripley Cemetery is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Ripley Cemetery
- Franzen Family Cemetery
- Green Prairie Cemetery
- The Green Prairie Cemetery is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Prairie Cemetery
- Gull River Cemetery
- Mrs. Albert Schultz Grave
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Oak Land Cemetery
- The Oak Land Cemetery is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Land Cemetery
- Pillager Frontier Cemetery
- The Pillager Frontier Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillager Frontier Cemetery
- The Pillager Frontier Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pillager Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83059 <2>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Prosser Farm Site Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Rail Prairie Union Cemetery
- Rosenlund Cemetery
- The Rosenlund Cemetery is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenlund Cemetery
- St. Francis Assisi Catholic Cemetery
- St. John Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery
- St. Mathias Cemetery
- The St. Mathias Cemetery is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mathias Cemetery
- Scandia Valley Cemetery
- Sylvan Cemetery
- Wildwood Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Lightner Baby Grave.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Baxter
- Belle Prairie
- Belle Prairie is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie
- Brainerd
- Cushing
- East Gull Lake
- Flensburg
- Flensburg is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Fort Ripley
- Harding
- Harding is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Lake Hubert
- Lake Hubert is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hubert
- Lake Shore
- Lastrup
- Lincoln
- Lincoln is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Little Falls
- Merrifield
- Motley
- Nisswa
- Philbrook
- Philbrook is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philbrook
- Pillager
- Randall
- Sobieski
- Sobieski is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobieski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Staples
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Lightner Baby Grave. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Morrison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lightner Baby Grave.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brainerd
- Browerville
- Little Falls
- Motley
- Pierz
- Pillager
- Randall
- Staples
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Lightner Baby Grave:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Morrison County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Lightner Baby Grave:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2068623 (Lightner Baby Grave)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2068623 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Morrison
- Est. Elev: 419 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Belle Prairie NW
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Morrison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lightner Baby Grave) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |