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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 Rochert (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 Rochert. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Rochert is located in Becker 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 Becker County: Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail & Wadena.

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

  • Becker County     (The home county of Rochert)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rochert, with the one closest to Rochert listed first.
    • Detroit Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Frazee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Richwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Richwood is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
    • Callaway
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Evergreen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Evergreen is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Audubon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bucks Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
    • Wolf Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Pine Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Point is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
    • Ponsford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • White Earth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cormorant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cormorant is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
    • Lake Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rochert, with the one closest to Rochert listed first.
    • Rollag
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rollag is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
    • Hitterdal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Hawley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Ulen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Clearwater County
    • Long Lost Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
      • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
  • Hubbard County
    • Park Rapids
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Mahnomen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rochert, with the one closest to Rochert listed first.
    • Waubun
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Naytahwaush
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Norman County
  • Otter Tail County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rochert, with the one closest to Rochert listed first.
    • Vergas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Perham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Perham is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,638 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perham <1>
    • Dent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Dent is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dent <1>
    • Richville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Davies
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Davies is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davies
    • New York Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pelican Rapids
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ottertail
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Wadena County
    • Menahga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Rochert ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rochert.

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 Rochert - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mennonite Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Senjen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dretsch Family Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Church of the Wildwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Egelund Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Chilton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Holmesville Twp. Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lund Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bakke Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (147 more) ...

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 Rochert in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rochert.

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

  • Frazee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Richwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Richwood is located in Becker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Audubon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bucks Mill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
  • Luce
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Luce is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
  • White Earth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Perham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Perham is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,638 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perham <1>
  • Cormorant
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cormorant is located in Becker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
  • Lake Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Osage
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Davies
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Davies is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davies
  • Winnipeg Junction
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Rollag
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rollag is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
    • Pelican Rapids
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New York Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Rochert ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rochert.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rochert, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rochert.

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 either 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 Rochert:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rochert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Rochert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.