Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Absher. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Absher to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Absher, please Contact Us.

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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 Absher (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 Absher. 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 hospitals and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Absher is historic, it would have been located within present day Musselshell County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Musselshell County: Fergus, Golden Valley, Petroleum, Rosebud, Treasure & Yellowstone.

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

• Musselshell County     (The home county of Absher)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Absher, with the one closest to Absher listed first.
  • Musselshell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselshell
    • Musselshell is located in Musselshell County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Musselshell <2>
  • Melstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melstone
    • Melstone is located in Musselshell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melstone <2>
  • Roundup
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundup have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
    • Roundup is located in Musselshell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,864 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roundup <2>
  • Camp Three
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Three have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Three
    • Camp Three is located in Musselshell County
  • Klein
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Klein have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klein
    • Klein is located in Musselshell County
• Garfield County
  • Mosby
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
    • Mosby is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosby <2>
• Rosebud County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Absher, with the one closest to Absher listed first.
  • Sumatra
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumatra
    • Sumatra is located in Rosebud County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumatra <2>
  • Ingomar
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
    • Ingomar is located in Rosebud County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ingomar <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Absher ...

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 Absher.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Absher, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Absher.

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 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 Absher:

• Websites specific to Montana
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Montana Historical Society

• Pages specific to Musselshell County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Garfield County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Rosebud County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

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

Cemeteries Near Absher ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Absher.

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

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

• Musselshell Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Musselshell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Musselshell Cemetery
• Melstone Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Melstone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melstone Cemetery
• Cabin Creek Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cabin Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cabin Creek Cemetery
• Sumatra Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sumatra Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sumatra Cemetery
• Roundup Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roundup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roundup Cemetery
• Castle Butte Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle Butte Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20805 <5>
• Flatwillow Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flatwillow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flatwillow Cemetery
• United Mine Workers of America Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Mine Workers of America Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Mine Workers of America Cemetery
• Miracle Lodge #84 Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miracle Lodge #84 Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miracle Lodge #84 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.

While we didn't find Absher in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Absher.

• Roundup
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundup have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
  • Roundup is located in Musselshell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,864 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roundup <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/