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 Ross (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 Ross. 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.

Ross is located in Roseau 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 Roseau County: Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods & Marshall.

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

• Roseau County     (The home county of Ross)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Ross, with the one closest to Ross listed first.
  • Fox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
    • Fox is located in Roseau County
  • Roseau
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseau have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseau
    • Roseau is located in Roseau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,659 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseau <2>
  • Badger
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
    • Badger is located in Roseau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Badger <2>
  • Salol
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salol
    • Salol is located in Roseau County
  • Greenbush
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenbush have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
    • Greenbush is located in Roseau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbush <2>
  • Wannaska
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wannaska have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wannaska
    • Wannaska is located in Roseau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wannaska <2>
  • Warroad
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warroad have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warroad
    • Warroad is located in Roseau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,792 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warroad <2>
  • Strathcona
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strathcona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathcona
    • Strathcona is located in Roseau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people

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

Cemeteries Near Ross ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ross.

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

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

• Concordia Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Mellum Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mellum Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mellum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Rose Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Immanuel Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Roselund Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roselund Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roselund Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Opdahl Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Opdahl Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Opdahl Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Badger Creek Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Badger Creek Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Badger Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Swedish Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swedish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Hope Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82551 <3>
• Sacred Heart Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Spruce Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spruce Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spruce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Badger Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Badger Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Badger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Continue List   (55 more) ...
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Vassar North / Moodie Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vassar North / Moodie Lutheran Cemetery

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

• Pelan
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelan
  • Pelan is located in Kittson County

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

Newspapers Published in Ross ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ross.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ross, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ross.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ross:

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

• Genealogy information for nearby counties

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Roseau County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Roseau County

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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