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 Garnes (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 Garnes. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Garnes is located in Red Lake 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 Red Lake County: Pennington & Polk.

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

• Red Lake County     (The home county of Garnes)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Garnes, with the one closest to Garnes listed first.
  • Oklee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oklee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklee
    • Oklee is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oklee <2>
  • Plummer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Brooks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Red Lake Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Falls
    • Red Lake Falls is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake Falls <2>
  • Dorothy
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dorothy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
• Clearwater County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Garnes, with the one closest to Garnes listed first.
  • Gonvick
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gonvick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonvick
    • Gonvick is located in Clearwater County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gonvick <2>
  • Clearbrook
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
    • Clearbrook is located in Clearwater County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearbrook <2>
• Marshall County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Garnes, with the one closest to Garnes listed first.
  • Espelie
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espelie
    • Espelie is located in Marshall County
  • Grygla
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Holt
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Holt is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
• Norman County
  • Rindal
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rindal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
• Pennington County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Garnes, with the one closest to Garnes listed first.
  • Erie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Pennington County
  • Goodridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Saint Hilaire
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Hilaire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
    • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Thief River Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thief River Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thief River Falls
    • Thief River Falls is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,688 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thief River Falls <2>
• Polk County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Garnes, with the one closest to Garnes listed first.
  • Trail
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
    • Trail is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Gully
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gully have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
    • Gully is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Erskine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
    • Erskine is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erskine <2>
  • McIntosh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
    • McIntosh is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
  • Mentor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
    • Mentor is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <2>
  • Dugdale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
    • Dugdale is located in Polk County
  • Fosston
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosston
    • Fosston is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fosston <2>
  • Winger
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winger
    • Winger is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winger <2>
  • Gentilly
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
  • Lengby
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lengby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
    • Lengby is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Melvin
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Melvin is located in Polk County

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

Cemeteries Near Garnes ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garnes.

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

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

• Salem Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Zion Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Finnish Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Ebenezer Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• West Valle Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Valle Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Valle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Clearwater Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clearwater Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clearwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Presbyterian Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Valley Lutheran Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Lutheran Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Mt. Olive Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Continue List   (130 more) ...
  • Oak Park Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clearwater Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clearwater Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clearwater 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.<4>

While we didn't find Garnes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garnes.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Garnes, with the one closest to Garnes listed first.

• Erskine
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
  • Erskine is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erskine <2>
• Mentor
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
  • Mentor is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <2>
• McIntosh
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
  • McIntosh is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
• Olga
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Olga is located in Polk County
• Dugdale
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
  • Dugdale is located in Polk County
• Fosston
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosston
  • Fosston is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fosston <2>
• Maple Bay
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
  • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
• Winger
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winger
  • Winger is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winger <2>
• Gentilly
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
  • Gentilly is located in Polk County
• Benoit
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benoit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Benoit is located in Polk County

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

Newspapers Published in Garnes ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garnes.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garnes, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garnes.

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 Garnes:

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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