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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 Ashuelot (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 Ashuelot. 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 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.

Ashuelot is located in Cascade County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cascade County: Chouteau, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher & Teton.

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

  • Cascade County     (The home county of Ashuelot)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • Fort Shaw
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sun River
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Simms
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Vaughn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sun Prairie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
    • Manchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Manchester is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Ulm
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cascade
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
    • Black Eagle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Countryside Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Countryside Village is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
    • Great Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Mid Canon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Lewis and Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • Gilman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Gilman is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
    • Augusta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
      • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
      • Dearborn City
      • Dearborn
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • Greenfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Greenfield is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Fairfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Power
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dutton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Choteau
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Collins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Collins is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins

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

Cemeteries Near Ashuelot ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashuelot.

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

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

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

  • Ft. Shaw Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Shaw Cemetery
    • The Ft. Shaw Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ft. Shaw Military Cemetery
  • Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sun River Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cascade Colony Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sunset Hills Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
    • The St. Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery
  • Vaughn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
    • The Fair Haven Colony Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairhaven Colony Cemetery
  • Power Community Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Beck Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Ulm Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the west of Great Falls.
    • The Sunset Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133894 <3>
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • St. Peters Mission Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Dutton Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Sun River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Vaughn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Ulm
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Peter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Saint Peter is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
  • Cascade
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
  • Truly
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Truly is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truly
  • Great Falls
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Choteau
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • North Great Falls ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • North Great Falls is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great Falls
    • Watson ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Watson is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • Collins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Collins is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Augusta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
      • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
      • Dearborn City
      • Dearborn
    • Mid Canon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon

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

Newspapers Published in Ashuelot ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashuelot.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashuelot, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashuelot.

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 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 Ashuelot:

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