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 Bernice (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 Bernice. 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 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.
Bernice is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Powell & Silver Bow.
Below are the counties that are near Bernice. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bernice:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Bernice)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernice, with the one closest to Bernice listed first.
- Basin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elk Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elk Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
- Comet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Comet has also been known as:
- High Ore
- Boulder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Jefferson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhorn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Alhambra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
- Clancy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pipestone Hot Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pipestone Hot Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone Hot Springs
- Pipestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pipestone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone
- Montana City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernice, with the one closest to Bernice listed first.
- Warm Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Gregson ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gregson is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregson
- Mine Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mine Creek is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Creek
- Anaconda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lewis and Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernice, with the one closest to Bernice listed first.
- Rimini ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
- Frontier Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
- Park City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Austin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Fort Harrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <1>
- Birdseye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- East Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernice, with the one closest to Bernice listed first.
- Emery ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emery is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
- Elliston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Lodge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blossburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blossburg is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
- Silver Bow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernice, with the one closest to Bernice listed first.
- North Walkerville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Walkerville
- Walkerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Butte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Ramsay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Janney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Janney is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
- Fairmont Hot Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont Hot Springs is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Hot Springs
- Fairmont Hot Springs has also been known as:
- Gregson Fairmont Hot Springs
- Gregson Hot Springs
- Gregson Springs
- Gregson
- Butte - Silver Bow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butte - Silver Bow is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte - Silver Bow
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,207 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bernice, see our County-by-County Page for Bernice.
Cemeteries Near Bernice ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bernice.
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 Bernice - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bernice covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bernice, with the one closest to Bernice listed first.
- Boulder Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boulder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Boulder.
- The Boulder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boulder Cemetery
- Boulder Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20781 <2>
- Jefferson City Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhorn Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Israel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the B'nai Israel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Butte.
- The B'nai Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bnai Israel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20750 <2>
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Moriah Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Butte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21007 <2>
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patricks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Butte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21101 <2>
- Mountain View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Butte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21010 <2>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Anaconda.
- The Sunset Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Sunset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21134 <2>
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Old Whitehall Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anaconda Catholic Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bernice had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bernice, with the one closest to Bernice listed first.
- Basin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elk Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elk Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
- Comet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Comet has also been known as:
- High Ore
- Boulder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trask
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trask is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trask
- Amazon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Amazon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazon
- Portal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portal is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Wickes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wickes is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickes
- Champion ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Champion is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Woodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Corbin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Rimini ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jefferson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Butte
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Butte is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Butte
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bernice. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bernice.
Newspapers Published in Bernice ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bernice.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bernice, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bernice.
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 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 Bernice:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Deer Lodge County
- Lewis and Clark County
- Powell County
- Silver Bow County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
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 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bernice) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bernice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |