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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 Waskish (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 Waskish. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Waskish is located in Beltrami 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 Beltrami County: Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington & Roseau.

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

  • Beltrami County     (The home county of Waskish)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waskish, with the one closest to Waskish listed first.
    • Shotley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotley
      • Shotley is located in Beltrami County
    • Saum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saum
      • Saum is located in Beltrami County
    • Kelliher
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Shooks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
      • Shooks is located in Beltrami County
    • Ponemah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponemah
      • Ponemah is located in Beltrami County
    • Quiring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiring
      • Quiring is located in Beltrami County
    • Funkley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkley
      • Funkley is located in Beltrami County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
    • Langor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langor
      • Langor is located in Beltrami County
    • Redby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redby
      • Redby is located in Beltrami County
    • Blackduck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Nebish
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebish
      • Nebish is located in Beltrami County
    • Red Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Koochiching County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waskish, with the one closest to Waskish listed first.
    • Mizpah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mizpah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
      • Mizpah is located in Koochiching County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Gemmell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gemmell
      • Gemmell is located in Koochiching County
    • Northome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northome have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northome
      • Northome is located in Koochiching County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northome <1>
    • Margie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margie
      • Margie is located in Koochiching County

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

Newspapers Published in Waskish ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waskish.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Waskish:

Cemeteries Near Waskish ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waskish.

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

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

  • Bethany Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Foy Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foy Cemetery
  • Tolgen Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Capernaum Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capernaum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capernaum Cemetery
  • Cormant Twp. Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cormant Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cormant Twp. Cemetery
  • Forest Grove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Grove Cemetery
  • Quiring Twp. Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quiring Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quiring Twp. Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mizpah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mizpah Cemetery
  • Oak Hill - Gemmell Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill - Gemmell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill - Gemmell Cemetery
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Caldwell Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caldwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caldwell Cemetery
    • Oakum Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakum Cemetery
    • Langor Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langor Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Beltrami County: www.co.beltrami.mn.us/

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

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waskish) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waskish. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1561, Longitude: -94.5152    









 

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