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 Dry Lake (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 Dry Lake. 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.

Name Variations for Dry Lake ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Dry Lake: Dry Lk.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Dry Lake is located in Blaine 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 Blaine County: Chouteau, Fergus, Hill & Phillips.

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

• Blaine County     (The home county of Dry Lake)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Lake, with the one closest to Dry Lake listed first.
  • Pine Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Pine Grove is located in Blaine County
  • Hays
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
    • Hays is located in Blaine County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <1>
  • Lodge Pole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodge Pole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Pole
    • Lodge Pole is located in Blaine County
  • Fort Belknap Agency
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Belknap Agency have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Belknap Agency
    • Fort Belknap Agency is located in Blaine County
• Phillips County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Lake, with the one closest to Dry Lake listed first.
  • Zortman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zortman
    • Zortman is located in Phillips County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zortman <1>
  • Dodson
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
    • Dodson is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dodson <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Dry Lake ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Lake, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dry Lake.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Dry Lake:

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

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

Cemeteries Near Dry Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Lake.

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

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

• Hays Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hays Cemetery
• St. Pauls Mission Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Mission Cemetery
• McConnell Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McConnell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McConnell Cemetery
• Chopwoid Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chopwoid Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chopwoid Cemetery
• Big Warm Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Warm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Warm Cemetery
• Kirkaldie Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirkaldie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkaldie Cemetery
• Messerly Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Messerly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Messerly Cemetery
• Landusky Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Landusky Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Landusky Cemetery
• Zortman Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zortman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zortman Cemetery
• Pike Landusky Gravesite
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pike Landusky Gravesite
• Midale Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midale Cemetery
• Graveyard Hill Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graveyard Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graveyard Hill Cemetery
• Continue List   (5 more) ...
  • Ft. Belknap Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Belknap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Belknap Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart 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.<4>

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

• Savoy
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savoy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
  • Savoy is located in Blaine County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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