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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 Grannis (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 Grannis. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Grannis is located in Park 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 Park County: Carbon, Gallatin, Meagher, Stillwater, Sweet Grass & Park (WY).

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

  • Park County     (The home county of Grannis)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grannis, with the one closest to Grannis listed first.
    • Livingston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clyde Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoppers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hoppers is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
    • Springdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Brisbin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Brisbin is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
    • Pine Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Pine Creek is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
    • Wilsall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Emigrant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chico Hot Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Chico Hot Springs is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Hot Springs
  • Gallatin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grannis, with the one closest to Grannis listed first.
    • Bridger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bridger is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
    • Chestnut
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Sedan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sedan is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
    • Bozeman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Catron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Catron is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
    • Story
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Story is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Wisner Crossing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Wisner Crossing is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner Crossing
  • Sweet Grass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grannis, with the one closest to Grannis listed first.
    • McLeod
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Big Timber
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Grannis ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grannis.

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

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

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

  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Livingston.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20796 <3>
  • Poor Farm Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Livingston.
    • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mountainview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21013 <3>
  • Bruffey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Park View Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cokedale Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sykes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Vaters Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Muir Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Strickland Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Timberline Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilsall Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shorthill Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Livingston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Elton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elton is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Clyde Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hunters Hot Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Hot Springs is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hot Springs
  • Hoppers
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoppers is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
  • Springdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Muir
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Muir is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muir
  • Brisbin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Brisbin is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
  • West End
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • West End is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
  • Meyersburg ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Meyersburg is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersburg
  • McLeod
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Chestnut
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Sedan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sedan is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
    • Bozeman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Chicory
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Chicory is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicory

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

Newspapers Published in Grannis ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grannis.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grannis, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grannis.

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 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 Grannis:

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