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 Ericsburg (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 Ericsburg. 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 doctors and 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.

Ericsburg is located in Koochiching County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Koochiching County: Beltrami, Itasca, Lake of the Woods & Saint Louis.

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

• Koochiching County     (The home county of Ericsburg)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Ericsburg, with the one closest to Ericsburg listed first.
  • International Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for International Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for International Falls
    • International Falls is located in Koochiching County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for International Falls <2>
  • South International Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South International Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South International Falls
    • South International Falls is located in Koochiching County
  • Ranier
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranier
    • Ranier is located in Koochiching County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranier <2>
  • Island View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
    • Island View is located in Koochiching County
  • Littlefork
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlefork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefork
    • Littlefork is located in Koochiching County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littlefork <2>
  • Loman
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loman
    • Loman is located in Koochiching County
  • Big Falls
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
    • Big Falls is located in Koochiching County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Falls <2>
• Saint Louis County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Ericsburg, with the one closest to Ericsburg listed first.
  • Kabetogama
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kabetogama have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabetogama
    • Kabetogama is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kabetogama <2>
  • Nett Lake
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nett Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nett Lake
    • Nett Lake is located in Saint Louis County

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

Newspapers Published in Ericsburg ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ericsburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ericsburg, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ericsburg.

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 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 Ericsburg:

• Websites specific to Minnesota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Minnesota State Archives

• Pages specific to Koochiching County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Saint Louis County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Koochiching County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Koochiching County

Cemeteries Near Ericsburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ericsburg.

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

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

• Ericsburg Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ericsburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ericsburg Cemetery
• Forest Hill Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
• Ray Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ray Cemetery
• Lyman Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyman Cemetery
• Ft. Frances Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Frances Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209769 <4>
• Holy Cross Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
• Riverview Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
• Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
• Oakley Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • The Oakley Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Littlefork Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82738 <4>
• Devlin Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devlin Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
• Dentaybow Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dentaybow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dentaybow Cemetery
• Continue List   (11 more) ...
  • Lindford Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lindford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lindford Cemetery
  • Dentaybow Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dentaybow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dentaybow Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ericsburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Koochiching County: www.co.koochiching.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/