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 Buelow (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 Buelow. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Buelow is located in Liberty 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 Liberty County: Chouteau, Hill, Pondera & Toole.
Below are the counties that are near Buelow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buelow:
- Liberty County (The home county of Buelow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buelow, with the one closest to Buelow listed first.
- Joplin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joplin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Joplin is located in Liberty County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joplin <2>
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Liberty County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <2>
- Whitlash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buelow, with the one closest to Buelow listed first.
- Inverness
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inverness have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Inverness is located in Hill County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inverness <2>
- Rudyard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rudyard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudyard
- Rudyard is located in Hill County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rudyard <2>
- Hingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hingham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
- Hingham is located in Hill County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hingham <2>
- Gildford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gildford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildford
- Gildford is located in Hill County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gildford <2>
- Toole County
- Galata
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buelow, see our County-by-County Page for Buelow.
Cemeteries Near Buelow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buelow.
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 Buelow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buelow, with the one closest to Buelow listed first.
- Joplin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Joplin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Joplin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Chester Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chester Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rudyard Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rudyard Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rudyard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Erickson Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erickson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Erickson Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north of Chester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20862 <4>
- Lothair Catholic Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lothair Catholic Cemetery
- The Lothair Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hemmer Cemetery
- Lothair Protestant Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eagle Creek Colony Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galata Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galata Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galata Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gildford Hill County Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gildford Hill County Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gildford Hill County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sage Creek Colony Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
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- Grandview Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview Colony Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buelow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buelow.
Newspapers Published in Buelow ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buelow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buelow, 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 Buelow.
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 Buelow:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Pages specific to Liberty County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buelow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<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 from Point A (ie- Buelow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buelow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5597, Longitude: -110.8372 In this case, the coordinates for Buelow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | 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. |