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 Four Town (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 Four Town. 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.

Four Town is located in Beltrami 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 Beltrami County: Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington & Roseau.

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

• Beltrami County     (The home county of Four Town)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Four Town, with the one closest to Four Town listed first.
  • Ponemah
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponemah
    • Ponemah is located in Beltrami County
  • Little Rock
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
    • Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
• Marshall County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Four Town, with the one closest to Four Town listed first.
  • Grygla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grygla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grygla
    • Grygla is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grygla <2>
  • Espelie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espelie
    • Espelie is located in Marshall County
  • Gatzke
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gatzke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatzke
    • Gatzke is located in Marshall County
• Pennington County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Four Town, with the one closest to Four Town listed first.
  • Erie
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Pennington County
  • Goodridge
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
    • Goodridge is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people

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

Newspapers Published in Four Town ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Four Town.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Four Town, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Four Town.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Four Town:

• 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 Beltrami County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Marshall County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Pennington 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 Beltrami County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Beltrami County

Cemeteries Near Four Town ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Four Town.

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

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

• Lone Oak Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Oak Cemetery
• Sundberg Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sundberg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sundberg Cemetery
• Our Saviours Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Saviours Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Saviours Cemetery
• Rosebud Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] 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
• Bethesda Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethesda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethesda Cemetery
• Valley Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Cemetery
• St. Olaf Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Olaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Olaf Cemetery
• Espelle Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Espelle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Espelle Cemetery
• Rosindhall Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosindhall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosindhall Cemetery
• Reiner Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reiner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reiner Cemetery
• Jerusalem Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jerusalem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jerusalem Cemetery
• Star Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Star Cemetery
• Continue List   (25 more) ...
  • Elkwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elkwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elkwood Cemetery
  • Lundsted Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lundsted Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lundsted Cemetery
  • Elkwood Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elkwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elkwood Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Beltrami County: www.co.beltrami.mn.us/

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