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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 Rollingstone (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 Rollingstone. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Rollingstone is located in Winona 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 Winona County: Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Buffalo (WI), La Crosse (WI) & Trempealeau (WI).

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

  • Winona County     (The home county of Rollingstone)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rollingstone, with the one closest to Rollingstone listed first.
    • Minnesota City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Goodview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Goodview is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
    • Stockton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stockton is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
    • Altura
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Winona
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lewiston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Elba
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Elba is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Utica
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Wyattville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wilson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Homer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Homer is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Saint Charles
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fillmore County
  • Houston County
  • Olmsted County
  • Wabasha County
  • Buffalo County (WI)
  • La Crosse County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rollingstone, with the one closest to Rollingstone listed first.
    • Brice Prairie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
    • Holmen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Holmen is located in La Crosse County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
    • Midway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Pepin County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rollingstone, with the one closest to Rollingstone listed first.
    • Pepin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Trempealeau County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rollingstone, with the one closest to Rollingstone listed first.
    • Wrights Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Arcadia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Trempealeau
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
    • Galesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Frenchville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • New City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • New City is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
    • Independence
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Independence is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
    • Ettrick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
    • Russell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Rollingstone ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rollingstone.

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

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

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

  • Hebron Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mecklenburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fountain City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Brethren Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (182 more) ...
    • Warren Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Young Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rollingstone had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Rollingstone had a population of 637 people.

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

  • Minnesota City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Whitman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Whitman is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
  • Stockton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockton is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
  • Fountain City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Oakridge is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
  • Altura
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Minneiska
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Buffalo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Lewiston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Winona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cochrane
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Weaver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Elba
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Elba is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Utica
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff Siding
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Rollingstone ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rollingstone.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rollingstone, 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 Rollingstone.

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 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 Rollingstone:

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