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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 Perault (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 Perault. 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 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.

Perault is located in Red Lake County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties may 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 Perault. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perault:

  • Red Lake County     (The home county of Perault)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perault, with the one closest to Perault listed first.
    • Red Lake Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dorothy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Brooks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Plummer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Oklee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Mahnomen County
    • Bejou
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall County
    • Viking
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Viking is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Norman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perault, with the one closest to Perault listed first.
    • Rindal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Rindal is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Flaming
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Flaming is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
    • Gary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Pennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perault, with the one closest to Perault listed first.
    • Saint Hilaire
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • Thief River Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perault, with the one closest to Perault listed first.
    • Dugdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Dugdale is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
    • Gentilly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Gentilly is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Mentor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Melvin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Melvin is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Crookston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Shirley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Shirley is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Erskine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Euclid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Euclid is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Fertile
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Beltrami
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Beltrami is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • McIntosh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Winger
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Fisher
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Fisher is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people

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

Cemeteries Near Perault ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perault.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Perault - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perault covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cyr Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Huot Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Peters Catholic Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hitterdal Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Faith Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (136 more) ...
    • St. Lawrence Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Dorothy Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hafslo Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Gentilly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
  • Dugdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dugdale is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
  • Benoit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Benoit is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Burwell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Burwell is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
  • Mentor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Maple Bay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
  • Melvin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Melvin is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
  • Crookston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Shirley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
  • Erskine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hixon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Hixon is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon
  • Fertile
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Euclid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Euclid is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Beltrami
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Beltrami is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Freeman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Freeman is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman

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

Newspapers Published in Perault ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perault.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perault, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perault.

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 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 Perault:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Perault, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Perault) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.