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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 Weme (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 Weme. 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 hospitals and 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.

Weme is located in Clearwater 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 Clearwater County: Becker, Beltrami, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Pennington & Polk.

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

  • Clearwater County     (The home county of Weme)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weme, with the one closest to Weme listed first.
    • Gonvick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Clearbrook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bagley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bagley is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,439 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bagley <1>
    • Leonard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Shevlin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rice Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
    • Minerva
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Minerva is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
  • Beltrami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weme, with the one closest to Weme listed first.
    • Debs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Debs is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debs
    • Pinewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Pinewood is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Solway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
    • Wilton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Wilton is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
    • Island Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Island Lake is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
    • Puposky
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Puposky is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puposky
    • Red Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mahnomen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weme, with the one closest to Weme listed first.
    • Roy Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake
    • Bejou
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Naytahwaush
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mahnomen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Norman County
    • Rindal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Rindal is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
  • Pennington County
    • Erie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Erie is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weme, with the one closest to Weme listed first.
    • Gully
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gully is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Fosston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lengby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lengby is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Trail
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Trail is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • McIntosh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Erskine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Winger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mentor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Red Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weme, with the one closest to Weme listed first.
    • Oklee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Brooks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Plummer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people

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

Cemeteries Near Weme ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weme.

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

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

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

  • Oak Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Queen Twp. Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cross Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cross Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Bagley.
    • The Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Peter Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209251 <3>
  • Augustana Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Elim Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Queen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (133 more) ...
    • Maple Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Emmanuel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Olga
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Olga is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Fosston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • McIntosh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Winger
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Erskine
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Mentor
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Rindal
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
  • Red Lake
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Weme ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weme.

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

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 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 Weme:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weme) 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 Weme, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.