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 Chelsea (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 Chelsea. 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 and 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.

Chelsea is located in Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County: Daniels, McCone, Richland, Sheridan, Valley & Williams (ND).

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

• Roosevelt County     (The home county of Chelsea)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Chelsea, with the one closest to Chelsea listed first.
  • Poplar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar is located in Roosevelt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar <2>
  • Deertail Indian Village ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deertail Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deertail Indian Village
    • Deertail Indian Village is located in Roosevelt County
  • Wolf Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Point
    • Wolf Point is located in Roosevelt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,722 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolf Point <2>
  • Brockton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brockton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
    • Brockton is located in Roosevelt County
    • Estimated population in 2018: 234 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockton <2>
• McCone County
  • Vida
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vida
    • Vida is located in McCone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vida <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Chelsea ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chelsea.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chelsea, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chelsea.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Chelsea:

• 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 Roosevelt County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • McCone 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 Roosevelt County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Montana
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Montana

Cemeteries Near Chelsea ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chelsea.

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

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

• Chelsa Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • The Chelsa Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Minisdah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chelsa Cemetery
• St. Anns Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
• Boxelder Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boxelder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boxelder Cemetery
• Nickwall Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Nickwall Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west of Wolf Point.
  • The Nickwall Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nickwall Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21043 <4>
• Poplar Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Cemetery
• Courchene Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Courchene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Courchene Cemetery
• Kings Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kings Cemetery
• Greenwood Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
• Grandview Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356343 <4>
• Chicken Hill Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chicken Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chicken Hill Cemetery
• Riverview Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21070 <4>
• Continue List   (14 more) ...
  • Vida Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vida Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21156 <4>
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fisher Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
  • Zion Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chelsea. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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